USS Seven

Not to be confused with USS Severn (1918).

USS Seven (SP-727) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

History
United States
Name	USS Seven
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	D. R. Shackford, Norfolk, Virginia
Completed	1917
Acquired	29 June 1917
Commissioned	1917
Stricken	2 November 1918
Fate	Ordered destroyed
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	20 ft (6.1 m)
Beam	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Draft	1 ft 8 in (0.51 m)
Speed	40 miles per hour[1]

Seven was built for private use as a motorboat of the same name in 1917 by D. R. Shackford at Norfolk, Virginia. On 29 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired "Seven" directly from her builder for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Seven (SP-727) in 1917.

Seven spent her entire career in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area, operating as a rescue boat for flying students until shortly before the end of World War I.

Seven eventually was deemed unsuitable for further naval use, and was stricken from the Navy List on 2 November 1918. The Navy ordered her destroyed. Disposed of by burning 12 November 1918.^[2]

Notes

1. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s10/seven.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170727.htm give Seven's speed as 40 miles per hour, implying statute miles per hour, an unusual unit of measure for the speed of a watercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 40 knots. If 40 statute miles per hour is accurate, the equivalent in knots is 34.8.
2. "U. S. Navy Ships Sunk or Damaged from Various Causes during World War I". usmm.org. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-727 Seven 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 Seven (SP 727)