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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| History | |
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 United States | |
| 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 |
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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).
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 Directory and sold.
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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)
