USS Trilby (SP-673) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during 1917.

History
United States
NameUSS Trilby
NamesakePrevious name retained (for Trilby O'Ferrall, the heroine of the 1894 novel Trilby by George du Maurier (1834–1896))
Acquired29 June 1917
CommissionedPossibly 13 July 1917[1]
DecommissionedPossibly November 1917[2]
FateReturned to owner 5 July 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Trilby until 1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length37 ft (11 m)
Beam7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
Draft3 ft 0 in (0.91 m) forward
Complement4
Armament1 × machine gun

Trilby was built as a private wooden-hulled motorboat of the same name. On 29 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Carl E. Milliken (1877–1961), the Governor of Maine (1917–1921), for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She received the section patrol number SP-673 on 13 July 1917 and was commissioned as USS Trilby (SP-673).

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Trilby conducted patrols in the harbor at Bath, Maine, beginning on 11 August 1917. She soon was declared unfit for naval use; no records exist documenting Tilby's naval service beyond 11 November 1917.

Trilby was returned to Governor Milliken on 5 July 1918.

Notes

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  1. ^ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships[1] states that Trilby was "designated" SP-673 on this date, imprecise wording suggesting the possibility that this was her commissioning date.
  2. ^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships[2], no records exist documenting naval service by Trilby beyond 11 November 1917.

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