USS Coronet

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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