Name USS Magnet Completed 1910 Commissioned 27 June 1917 Length 29 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 11 June 1917 Fate Sold 1920 Builder Electric Launch Company | |
The first USS Magnet (SP-563) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Magnet was built as a private motor yacht of the same name by the Electric Launch Company at Bayonne, New Jersey, in 1910. On 11 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, H. F. Lippett, for use as a section patrol craft during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Magnet (SP-563) on 27 June 1917.
Magnet served on patrol duties for the rest of World War I. She was ordered sold on 1 October 1919 and was sold in 1920.
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