USS Dianthus

USS Dianthus (SP-639) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS Dianthus (SP-639) sometime in 1917 or 1918.
History
United States
Name	USS Dianthus
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed	1913
Acquired	21 May 1917
Commissioned	26 May 1917
Decommissioned	27 November 1918
Fate	Returned to owner 27 November 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Dianthus 1913–1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	65 ft (20 m)
Beam	17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
Draft	2 ft 9 in (0.84 m)
Speed	12 knots
Complement	16
Armament	1 × 3-pounder gun 1 × 1-pounder gun

Dianthus was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1913. On 21 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, John P. Crozer of Upland, Pennsylvania, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Dianthus (SP-639) on 26 May 1917.

Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Dianthus performed patrol duty for the rest of World War I.

Dianthus was decommissioned on 27 November 1918 and returned to Crozer the same day.

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 History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Dianthus (SP-639), 1917–1918
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Dianthus (SP 639)

USS Dianthus (SP-639) sometime in 1917 or 1918.