USS Coronet in an icy port sometime between 1917 and 1919.
History
United States
NameUSS Coronet
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1905
Acquired20 July 1917
Commissioned24 September 1917
Stricken5 August 1919
FateSold 5 August 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Coronet 1905–1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length90 ft (27 m)
Beam14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft4 ft 1 in (1.24 m)
Speed13 knots
Complement12
Armament1 × 3-pounder gun

USS Coronet (SP-194) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Coronet as a private motorboat sometime between 1905 and 1917.

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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