The first USS Hampton (ID-3049), and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Hampton (ID 3049). also listed as SP-3049,Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hampton-i.htm; the designation ID-3049 probably is an update and correction of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships "SP-3049" designation, and may have resulted from a number of ships initially assigned a section patrol (SP) number later, sometimes retrospectively, being redesignated with a naval registry identification (ID) number. was a United States Navy tug in commission from 1918 to 1919.
Hampton was built as the commercial tug Mary Lee in 1905 by H. Turman at Turkey Point, Virginia. She later was renamed Hampton.
In 1918, the U.S. Navy chartered Hampton from her owner for use during World War I. She may initially have been assigned the section patrol number SP-3049, although she eventually was identified by the naval registry identification number ID-3049. She was commissioned as either USS Hampton (SP-3049)Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hampton-i.htm. or USS Hampton (ID-3049) and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Hampton (ID 3049). on 21 April 1918.
Assigned to the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Virginia, Hampton served on general harbor duty in Hampton Roads for the rest of World War I and into 1919.
Hampton was returned to her owner on 13 August 1919.
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