USS ''Scarpe'' (SP-713) was a

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in commission from 1917 to 1919. ''Scarpe'' was built as a private wooden

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of the same name by W. S. Burgess at Marblehead,

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. On 1 May 1917, her owner, F. F. Fields of Brockton, Massachusetts, loaned her to the U.S. Navy for use as a

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boat during

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. She was commissioned as USS ''Scarpe'' (SP-713) the same day. Assigned to the

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in northern

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, ''Scarpe'' served on patrol duty for the rest of World War I and for a short time after its conclusion. ''Scarpe'' was returned to Fields on 16 May 1919.

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SP-713 ''Scarpe'' 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
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarpe (SP-713) Patrol vessels of the United States Navy World War I patrol vessels of the United States Ships built in Marblehead, Massachusetts