USS Tangier (SP-469)

History
United States
Name:	USS Tangier
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	J. Woodtull, Orvington, Virginia
Acquired:	1917
Commissioned:	24 April 1917
Fate:	Returned to owner 22 October 1918
Notes:	Operated as private motor yacht Tangier before April 1917 and from October 1918
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Tonnage:	7 gross register tons[1]
Length:	62 ft 0 in (18.90 m)
Beam:	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Draft:	2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) mean
Speed:	14 knots
Armament:	1 × 1-pounder gun

The first USS Tangier (SP-469) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Tangier was built as a private motor yacht of the same name by J. Woodtull at Orvington, Virginia. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. J. S. Parsons of Norfolk, Virginia, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Tangier (SP-469) on 24 April 1917.

Little is known of Tangier's operational history. She probably carried out patrol duties in the waters near Norfolk and in the lower reaches of the Chesapeake Bay.^[2]

Tangier was returned to her owner on 22 October 1918.

Notes

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Tangier (SP 469)

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