USS Valiant (SP-535)

The first USS Valiant (SP-535) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Valiant.
History
United States
Name: USS Valiant
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Charles S. Drowne
Completed: 1896
Acquired: 1917
Commissioned: 29 May 1917
Decommissioned: 11 January 1919
Fate: Returned to owner 1919
Notes: Operated as private sailing cutter Valiant 1896-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 13[1] or 19[2] gross register tons
Length: 60 ft (18 m)
Beam: 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Draft: 8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails plus auxiliary engine
Speed: 8 knots
Complement: 9
Armament:

Valiant was built in 1896 as a private sailing cutter of the same name by Charles S. Drowne. She was rebuilt in 1907 and was fitted with an auxiliary engine to augment her sails in 1917.

In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Valiant under a free lease from her owner, Henry M. Warren, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Valiant (SP-535) on 29 May 1917 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Ensign R. F. Watson, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Valiant operated on patrol duties in the Cape May, New Jersey, area for the rest of World War I.

Valiant was decommissioned at the Corinthian Yacht Club near Philadelphia on 11 January 1919 and returned to her owner soon thereafter.

Notes
  1. "Valiant I". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
  2. SP-535 Valiant at Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images -- 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 .

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