USS Scarpe
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Scarpe |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | W. S. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts |
| Acquired | 1 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 1 May 1917 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 16 May 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Scarpe until 1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Length | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Beam | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Draft | 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) |
| Speed | 15 miles per hour |
USS Scarpe (SP-713) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Scarpe was built as a private wooden motorboat of the same name by W. S. Burgess at Marblehead, Massachusetts. On 1 May 1917, her owner, F. F. Fields of Brockton, Massachusetts, loaned her to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Scarpe (SP-713) the same day.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Scarpe served on patrol duty for the rest of World War I and for a short time after its conclusion.
Scarpe was returned to Fields on 16 May 1919.