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USS Estella

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History
United States
NameUSS Estella
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1912
Acquired1917
Commissioned24 May 1917
Stricken13 June 1919
FateSold 1920
NotesOperated as private motorboat Estella until 1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel

USS Estella (SP-537) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Estella was built in 1912 as a private motorboat. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Estella (SP-537) on 24 May 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Estella operated on patrol duties in northern New England waters for the rest of World War I and into 1919.

Estella was stricken from the Navy List on 13 June 1919 and sold in 1920.

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