USS Coronet (SP-194)
USS Coronet (SP-194) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.
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Coronet as a private motorboat sometime between 1905 and 1917.
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| History | |
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| Name: | USS Coronet |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Completed: | 1905 |
| Acquired: | 20 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 24 September 1917 |
| Stricken: | 5 August 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold 5 August 1919 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Coronet 1905-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Length: | 90 ft (27 m) |
| Beam: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft 1 in (1.24 m) |
| Speed: | 13 knots |
| Complement: | 12 |
| Armament: | 1 × 3-pounder gun |
Coronet was built as a civilian motorboat in 1905 at Morris Heights, New York. The U.S. Navy acquired her on 20 July 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 24 September 1917 as USS Coronet (SP-194) with Ensign J. R. Smith, USNRF, in command.
Coronet was assigned to the 3rd Naval District, where she performed patrol duty for the remainder of World War I.
On 5 August 1919, Coronet was stricken from the Navy List and sold.
References
- 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 Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Coronet (SP-194), 1917-1919. Originally the civilian motor boat Coronet (1905)
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Coronet (SP 194)
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