USS Magnet (SP-563)

The first USS Magnet (SP-563) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
Name:	USS Magnet
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, New Jersey
Completed:	1910
Acquired:	11 June 1917
Commissioned:	27 June 1917
Fate:	Sold 1920
Notes:	Operated as private motor yacht Magnet 1910-1917
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Tonnage:	52[1] or 76[2] gross register tons
Length:	95 ft 3 in (29.03 m)
Beam:	14 ft 10 in (4.52 m)
Draft:	4 ft 3 in (1.30 m)
Speed:	14 knots
Complement:	22
Armament:	1 × 1-pounder gun 1 × machine gun 1 × Y-gun

Magnet was built as a private motor yacht of the same name by the Electric Launch Company at Bayonne, New Jersey, in 1910. On 11 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, H. F. Lippett, for use as a section patrol craft during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Magnet (SP-563) on 27 June 1917.

Magnet served on patrol duties for the rest of World War I. She was ordered sold on 1 October 1919 and was sold in 1920.

Notes

1. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m1/magnet-i.htm.
2. SP-563 Magnet 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-500 through SP-599.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-563 Magnet 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-500 through SP-599
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Magnet (SP 563)