title: USS Margaret (SP-524)
text: # USS Margaret (SP-524)
  
  USS Margaret (SP-524) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was reconfigured by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts and served as a patrol craft throughout the war. Post-war she was transferred to the War Department.
  
  ## World War I service
  
  Margaret, a 145-foot steam yacht, was built in 1913 at Morris Heights, New York. She was acquired by the Navy in April 1917, converted to a patrol vessel, and commissioned late in the following June as USS Margaret (SP-524). She was renamed SP-524 in 1918.
  
  ## Post-war disposition
  
  In the Spring of 1919, following World War I service, she was ordered sold, but was instead transferred to the War Department in March 1920.
  
  