USS Minerva (SP-425)

USS Minerva (SP-425) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Minerva was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1914 by the Luders Marine Construction Company at Stamford, Connecticut. On 7 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bowen of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The boat was commissioned on 20 July 1917 as USS Minerva (SP-425) with Ensign R. G. Megargel, USNRF, in command Minerva was decommissioned and returned to her owner on 14 January 1919.

USS Minerva (SP-425)

USS Minerva (SP-425) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Minerva was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1914 by the Luders Marine Construction Company at Stamford, Connecticut. On 7 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bowen of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The boat was commissioned on 20 July 1917 as USS Minerva (SP-425) with Ensign R. G. Megargel, USNRF, in command Minerva was decommissioned and returned to her owner on 14 January 1919.