USS Priscilla (SP-44)

USS Priscilla (SP-44) 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

For other ships with the same name, see Priscilla (ship).

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

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.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Mystery (Motor Boat, 1916)
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Mystery (SP 16)