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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1917}} | Ship name=USS Saxis | Ship namesake=Previous name retained | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Thomas Scott | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=5 May 1917 | Ship commissioned= | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Wrecked 7 July 1917 | Ship status= | Ship notes=Operated as civilian motorboat Saxis until 1917 | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=Patrol vessel | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement= | Ship tons burthen= | 48|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | 10|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draught= | 2|ft|6.25|in|m|abbr=on}} mean | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= | Ship sail plan= | Ship speed=10 knots | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement= | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=1 × 1-pounder gun | Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | USS Saxis (SP-615) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during 1917. Saxis was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name by Thomas Scott. On 5 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from the Virginia Fish Commission for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Saxis was wrecked when she became stranded at West Point, Virginia, on 7 July 1917. Presumably Saxis was commissioned as USS Saxis (SP-615) sometime between her acquisition and loss, but one source[1] states without further explanation that Saxis may have been wrecked before seeing any actual U.S. Navy service. Notes1. ^Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: SP-615: Saxis at "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-600 through SP-699
References- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s7/saxis.htm}}
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: SP-615: Saxis at "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-600 through SP-699
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Saxis (SP 615)
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