USS Joy (SP-643) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Joy as a private yacht.
History
United States
NameUSS Joy
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderB. F. Wood, City Island, the Bronx, New York
Completed1905
AcquiredJune 1917
Commissioned1917
Decommissioned1918
FateReturned to owner 6 May 1919
NotesOperated as private motor yacht Joy 1905–1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage41 gross register tons
Length93 ft (28 m)
Beam11 ft (3.4 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed23 knots
Complement12
Armament1 × machine gun

Joy was built as a private motor yacht of the same name by B. F. Wood at City Island in the Bronx, New York, in 1905. In June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owners, T. M. Jones and P. C. Kauffman of Newport, Rhode Island, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Joy (SP-643) in 1917.

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Joy performed patrol duty until declared unfit for service sometime in 1918.

Joy was returned to Jones and Kauffman on 6 May 1919.

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