USS Euphemia

History
United States
Name	USS Euphemia
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1898
Acquired	1917
Commissioned	25 June 1917
Stricken	21 October 1919
Fate	Sold 1920
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Euphemia until 1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel

USS Euphemia (SP-539) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Euphemia was built in 1898 as a private motorboat. In 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Euphemia (SP-539) on 25 June 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Euphemia operated on patrol duties in northern New England waters for the rest of World War I and into 1919.

Euphemia was stricken from the Navy List on 21 October 1919 and sold in 1920.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-539: Euphemia at 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 Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Euphemia (SP 539)