USS Anderton

	USS Anderton (SP-530) Photographed probably at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, circa August 1917 while preparing for deployment overseas. Two battleships are in the background, with that in the center being either USS Delaware (Battleship # 28) or USS North Dakota (Battleship # 29).
History
United States
Name	USS Raymond J. Anderton (1917); USS Anderton (1917-1919);
Namesake	Raymond J. Anderton was her previous name retained; Anderton was a shortening of her name mandated by a Department of the Navy general order;
Builder	Robert Palmer and Son, Noank, Groton, Connecticut
Completed	1911
Acquired	18 June 1917
Commissioned	18 August 1917
Decommissioned	8 September 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 1919
Notes	In service as commercial fishing trawler Raymond J. Anderton 1911-1917 and 1919-1922
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel and Minesweeper
Tonnage	290 gross register tons
Length	139 ft 6 in (42.52 m)
Beam	23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
Draft	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) mean
Speed	11 knots
Armament	1 × 3-inch (76.2-mm) gus; 2 × .30-caliber (7.62-mm) Colt machine guns; 1 × .30-caliber (7.62-mm) Lewis Gun;

USS Anderton (SP-530), originally to have been USS Raymond J. Anderton (SP-530), was a patrol vessel and minesweeper that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.

History
USS Anderton (SP-530) Photographed probably at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, circa August 1917 while preparing for deployment overseas. Two battleships are in the background, with that in the center being either USS Delaware (Battleship # 28) or USS North Dakota (Battleship # 29).
United States
Name	USS Raymond J. Anderton (1917) USS Anderton (1917-1919)
Namesake	Raymond J. Anderton was her previous name retained Anderton was a shortening of her name mandated by a Department of the Navy general order
Builder	Robert Palmer and Son, Noank, Groton, Connecticut
Completed	1911
Acquired	18 June 1917
Commissioned	18 August 1917
Decommissioned	8 September 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 1919
Notes	In service as commercial fishing trawler Raymond J. Anderton 1911-1917 and 1919-1922
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel and Minesweeper
Tonnage	290 gross register tons
Length	139 ft 6 in (42.52 m)
Beam	23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
Draft	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) mean
Speed	11 knots
Armament	1 × 3-inch (76.2-mm) gus 2 × .30-caliber (7.62-mm) Colt machine guns 1 × .30-caliber (7.62-mm) Lewis Gun