USS Anemone IV (SP-1290) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1919.
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| Builder | Camper & Nicholsons, Gosport, United Kingdom |
| Completed | 1899 |
| Acquired | 3 October 1917 |
| In service | 1917 |
| Out of service | 3 March 1919 |
| Stricken | 4 March 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 4 March 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as civilian motor schooner Anemone IV 1899–1917 and from 1919 |
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| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 118 Gross register tons |
| Length | 127 ft 0 in (38.71 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) aft |
| Propulsion | Sails plus internal combustion engine |
| Sail plan | Ketch-rigged |
| Speed | 8 knots |
| Complement | 24 |
| Armament | 1 × 1-pounder gun |
Anemone IV was built as a private ketch-rigged motor schooner of the same name in 1899 by Camper & Nicholsons at Gosport, United Kingdom. On 3 October 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her at Port Townsend, Washington, under a free lease from her owner, E. A. Sims, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She apparently was never commissioned, but she saw active non-commissioned service as USS Anemone IV (SP-1290).
Assigned to the 13th Naval District, Anemone IV was employed to train recruits at Naval Training Station Seattle at Seattle, Washington, for over a year. At some point she was renamed USS SP-1290.
The Navy placed SP-1290 out of service on 3 March 1919. She was stricken from the Navy List and simultaneously returned to Sims on 4 March 1919.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Anemone IV (American Motor Ketch, 1899). Had Naval service as Anemone IV (SP-1290) and SP-1290 in 1917–1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Anemone IV (SP 1290)
