USS Dawn (SP-37) was the proposed designation for a patrol boat that never actually served in the United States Navy.

USS Dawn (SP-37)
Dawn ca. 1916–1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Dawn (proposed)
NamesakePrevious name retained (proposed)
BuilderF.C. Adams Shipbuilding Company, Booth Bay, Maine
Completed1916
AcquiredOrdered delivered 14 May 1917
CommissionedNever
Fate
  • Lease cancelled June 1917
  • Returned to owner December 1917
NotesRegistered as SP-37 for potential U.S. Navy service
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel (proposed)
Length52 ft 2 in (15.90 m)
  • Note: This ship should not be confused with USS Dawn (SP-26), which was in commission during the same era.

Dawn was a private yawl built in 1916 by the F.C. Adams Shipbuilding Company at Booth Bay, Maine. On 14 May 1917, the U.S. Navy ordered her owner, Franklin Farrel Jr. of New Haven, Connecticut, to deliver her to the Navy for service as a patrol boat in World War I, and she was registered accordingly with the naval section patrol designation SP-37. However, the Navy cancelled its lease for her in June 1917 and returned her to Farrel in December 1917 without commissioning her.

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