USS Music (SP-1288)

History
United States
Name: USS Music
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Chance Marine Construction Company, Annapolis, Maryland
Completed: 1880[1] or 1914[2][3]
Acquired: 17 August 1917
Commissioned: 17 August 1917
Fate: Returned to owner 24 September 1918
Notes: Operated as civilian motor launch Music until 1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Displacement: 18 tons
Length: 41 ft (12 m)
Beam: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Draft: 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m)
Speed: 8 knots
Armament: 1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Music (SP-1288) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Music was built as a civilian motor launch of the same name in either 1880[1] or 1914[2][3] by the Chance Marine Construction Company at Annapolis, Maryland. On 17 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Conservation Commission of Maryland, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Music (SP-1288) the same day.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Music served on patrol and inspection duties in Hampton Roads and on the Elizabeth River in Virginia during World War I.

The Navy returned Music to the Conservation Commission on 24 September 1918.

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 SP-1288 Music at the Department of the Navy, Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessel and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-1200 through SP-1299].
  2. 1 2 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
  3. 1 2 Music (SP 1288), NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive.

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