USS Verna & Esther (SP-1187) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

History
United States
NameUSS Verna & Esther
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1912
Acquired6 August 1917
Commissioned10 September 1917
FateReturned to owner 30 November 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Verna & Esther 1912-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage12 Gross register tons
Length48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
Beam10 ft 2 in (3.10 m)
Draft3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) mean
Depth4 ft 8 in (1.42 m)
PropulsionInternal combustion engine, one shaft
Speed7 knots
Complement4
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

Verna & Esther was built as a private wooden-hulled, single-screw motorboat of the same name in 1912 at Kennebunk, Maine. On 6 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Ensign F. K. Williams of Provincetown, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 10 September 1917 as USS Verna & Esther (SP-1187).

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Verna & Esther served as a target range boat through the end of World War I.

The Navy returned Verna & Esther to Williams on 30 November 1918.

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