USS Fearless (SP-724)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Fearless.

The first USS Fearless (SP-724) was a United States Navy tug in commission from 1917 to 1921.

USS Fearless (SP-724) underway.
History
United States
Name	USS Fearless
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1877
Acquired	20 May 1917
Commissioned	1917
Fate	Sold 30 September 1921
Notes	Operated as commercial fishing trawler Fearless 1877-1917
General characteristics
Type	Tug
Tonnage	121 Gross register tons
Length	103 ft (31 m)
Beam	16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Draft	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion	One vertical compound steam engine, one single-ended boiler, one shaft; 200 indicated horsepower (149 kilowatts)
Speed	7.8 knots

Fearless was built as a commercial steam fishing trawler of the same name in 1877. On 20 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use during World War I. Assigned the section patrol number 724, she was commissioned as USS Fearless (SP-724) in 1917.

Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Fearless served for the rest of World War I as a tug in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area. She apparently remained in naval service after the end of the war.

Fearless was sold on 30 September 1921.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-724 Fearless at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-700 through SP-799
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Fearless (SP 724)