USS Albatross (SP-1003)
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NameUSS Albatross
BuilderAdams Shipbuilding Co., East Boothbay, Maine
Laid down1912
Acquiredby lease, 1917
.jpg) Albatross (American Motor Boat, 1912) Photographed prior to World War I, probably in a Maine or Canadian Atlantic coast harbor. This craft served as USS Albatross (SP-1003) in 1917-1919. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Albatross |
| Builder | Adams Shipbuilding Co., East Boothbay, Maine |
| Laid down | 1912 |
| Acquired | by lease, 1917 |
| Commissioned | 10 August 1917 |
| Reclassified | SP-1003, 1918 |
| Fate | Returned to owner, 1 May 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Wooden-hulled motor launch |
| Displacement | 4 long tons (4 t) |
| Length | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Beam | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Armament | 1 × machine gun |
USS Albatross (SP-1003), a wooden-hulled motor launch built in 1912 by the Adams Shipbuilding Co., East Boothbay, Maine, was acquired by the U.S. Navy and classified as a section patrol craft under a free lease from John R. Rothery of Boston, Massachusetts, for service during World War I.
