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USS Shirin

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History
United States
NameUSS Shirin
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGas Engine and Power Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York
Completed1896
Acquired23 May 1917
Commissioned2 June 1917
Decommissioned18 December 1918
FateSold 29 June 1921
NotesOperated as private motorboat Shirin 1896-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage59 Gross register tons
Length110 ft (34 m)
Beam15 ft (4.6 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed13.5 knots
Complement9
Armament

USS Shirin (SP-915) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Shirin was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1896 by the Gas Engine and Power Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. On 23 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, S. T. Rhea, Jr., of New Orleans, Louisiana, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Shirin (SP-915) on 2 June 1917.

Shirin patrolled at New Orleans and in the vicinity of Pensacola, Florida, for the rest of World War I.

Shirin was decommissioned at New Orleans on 18 December 1918. She was sold on 29 June 1921 to Stewart McDonald of St. Louis, Missouri.

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