title: USS Margaret (SP-531)
text: # USS Margaret (SP-531)
  
  USS Margaret (SP-531) was a schooner acquired by the U.S. Navy for temporary service during World War I.
  
  ## World War I service
  
  Margaret, a 58-gross-ton auxiliary schooner, was built in 1903 at Boston, Massachusetts, as the pleasure craft Savarona I. Acquired by the Navy for World War I service, she was commissioned in May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531) and renamed SP-531 the following year.
  
  ## Post-war decommissioning
  
  She was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1919 and sold on 13 December 1919.
  
  