USS Margaret (SP-524)

Margaret at Boston in 1917, being converted for US Navy use
History
United States
Name	1914: Margaret 1918: SP-524
Owner	1915: Charles A Stone 1933: JE Kolf
Operator	1917: US Navy
Port of registry	1915: Boston 1933: Chicago
Builder	Gas Engine & Power Co & Charles L. Seabury Co, Morris Heights
Completed	1913
Acquired	for the Navy, 28 April 1917
Commissioned	28 June 1917
Decommissioned	1919
Identification	US official number 212172 1917: pennant number SP-524
General characteristics
Type	steam yacht
Tonnage	161 GRT, 109 NRT
Length	145 ft (44 m) overall 113.5 ft (34.6 m) registered
Beam	18.2 ft (5.5 m)
Draft	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Depth	9.8 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power	950 ihp
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	in US Navy: 29
Crew	1933: 14
Armament	1 × 3-pounder gun

USS Margaret (SP-524) was a steam yacht that was built in 1913. She was a United States Navy armed yacht from 1917 until 1919, when she was transferred to the United States Department of War. She was later sold back into civilian ownership, and was still registered as a merchant vessel in 1933.