USS Pomander

	USS Pomander (SP-702) operating probably in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, ca. summer 1917.
History
United States
Name	USS Pomander
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed	1916
Acquired	29 May 1917
Commissioned	1917
Fate	Returned to owners 5 July 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Pomander 1916-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	43 ft (13 m)
Beam	9 ft (2.7 m)
Draft	2 ft 5 in (0.74 m)
Speed	18 knots
Armament	1 × machine gun

USS Pomander (SP-702) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Pomander was built in 1916 as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts. On 29 May 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from Bertram B. Conrad of Wareham, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She soon was commissioned as USS Pomander (SP-702).

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Pomander carried out patrol duties for a time but eventually was deemed unfit for naval service and was returned to Lorenzo E. Anderson and Breckinridge Jones on 5 July 1918.^[1]

Notes

^ The Dictionary of American Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p9/pomander.htm states that Pomander was chartered from Bertram B. Conrad but "returned" to Lorenzo E. Anderson and Breckinridge Jones, without further explanation. It is unclear why she was chartered from Conrad but "returned" to someone else.

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 History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Pomander (SP-702), 1917-1918. Originally the civilian motor boat Pomander (1916)
NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Pomander (SP 702)

[1] The Dictionary of American Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p9/pomander.htm states that Pomander was chartered from Bertram B. Conrad but "returned" to Lorenzo E. Anderson and Breckinridge Jones, without further explanation. It is unclear why she was chartered from Conrad but "returned" to someone else.

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