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USS Fearless (SP-724)

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USS Fearless (SP-724) underway.
History
United States
NameUSS Fearless
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1877
Acquired20 May 1917
Commissioned1917
FateSold 30 September 1921
NotesOperated as commercial fishing trawler Fearless 1877-1917
General characteristics
TypeTug
Tonnage121 Gross register tons
Length103 ft (31 m)
Beam16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Draft7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
PropulsionOne vertical compound steam engine, one single-ended boiler, one shaft; 200 indicated horsepower (149 kilowatts)
Speed7.8 knots

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

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.

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