USS Priscilla (SP-44)

USS Priscilla (SP-44) was the proposed designation for an auxiliary schooner that never actually served in the United States Navy.

Priscilla before the United States entered World War I.
History
United States
Name: USS Priscilla (proposed)
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: David Clark, Kennebunkport, Maine
Completed: 1884
Acquired: 19 June 1917
Commissioned: Never
Fate: Returned to owner 17 December 1917
Notes: Registered as SP-44 for potential U.S. Navy service
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel (proposed)
Tonnage: 36 tons
Length: 67 ft (20 m)
Beam: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
Draft: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Speed: 6 knots

Priscilla was built in 1884 by David Clark at Kennebunkport, Maine. Her owner, Frederick S. Fisher of New Rochelle, New York, delivered her to the U.S. Navy for possible World War I service on 19 June 1917. The Navy gave her the Section Patrol registry SP-44, but never commissioned her. The Navy returned her to Fisher on 17 December 1917.

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