USS Malay (SP-735) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Malay as a private yacht sometime between 1898 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Malay
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderDelaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania
Completed1898
Acquired28 April 1917
Commissioned16 June 1917
FateReturned to owner 1 March 1919
NotesOperated as private yacht Malay 1898-1917 and 1919-1921; sold 1921
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage173 Gross register tons
Length150 ft (46 m)
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed15 knots
Complement29
Armament

Malay was built as a private steam yacht of the same name in 1898 by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works at Chester, Pennsylvania. On 28 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Hannah P. Weld of Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Malay (SP-735) on 16 June 1917.

Malay patrolled waters along the United States East Coast for the rest of World War I.

On 1 March 1919, the Navy returned Malay to Weld, who sold her to a buyer from Honduras in 1921.

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