The first USS Roamer (SP-1047) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
NameUSS Roamer
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderHerreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed1902
Acquired29 June 1917
Commissioned20 July 1917
Decommissioned28 January 1919
Stricken17 June 1919
FateSold 19 July 1919
NotesOperated as civilian launch Roamer 1902-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length93 ft (28 m)
Beam17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
Draft5 ft (1.5 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed10 knots
Complement16
Armament

Roamer was built as a civilian steam launch of the same name in 1902 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island. On 29 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from the State of Florida at Tallahassee, Florida, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 20 July 1917 as USS Roamer (SP-1047).

Assigned to the 8th Naval District, Roamer carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

Roamer was decommissioned on 28 January 1919. She was stricken from the Navy List on 17 June 1919 and sold to Frank A. Egan of New Rochelle, New York, on 19 July 1919.

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