History
United States
NameUSS Sparrow II
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderCharles Rhode & Sons Company, Baltimore, Maryland
Completed1915
Acquiredmid-September 1918
Commissioned25 September 1918
FateSold 30 June 1919
NotesOperated as civilian motorboat Sparrow II 1915-1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage17.83 Gross register tons
Length51 ft 0 in (15.54 m)
Beam14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
Draft2 ft 6 in (0.76 m)
Speed7.9 knots

USS Sparrow II (SP-3231) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.

Sparrow II was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1915 by the Charles Rhode & Sons Company at Baltimore, Maryland. In mid-September 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Sparrows Point Steel Company of Baltimore, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Sparrow II (SP-3231) on 25 September 1918.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Sparrow II patrolled the coasts of Maryland and Virginia for the rest of World War I and into 1919.

Sparrow II was sold to J. G. Samp of Baltimore on 30 June 1919.

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