History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Estella |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Completed | 1912 |
Acquired | 1917 |
Commissioned | 24 May 1917 |
Stricken | 13 June 1919 |
Fate | Sold 1920 |
Notes | Operated as private motorboat Estella until 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
USS Estella (SP-537) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Estella was built in 1912 as a private motorboat. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Estella (SP-537) on 24 May 1917.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Estella operated on patrol duties in northern New England waters for the rest of World War I and into 1919.
Estella was stricken from the Navy List on 13 June 1919 and sold in 1920.