Name USS Secret Completed 1917 Commissioned 28 May 1917 Length 11 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 28 May 1917 Launched 1916 | |
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Builder William E. Haff, New Rochelle, New York | ||
USS Secret (SP-1063) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Secret was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1916 by William E. Haff at New Rochelle, New York. On 28 May 1917, the U.S. Navy leased her from her owner, John S. Baker of Short Hills, New Jersey, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Secret (SP-1063).
Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Secret served as a dispatch boat. She also served as a rescue boat at Naval Air Station Anacostia in Washington, D.C.
Secret was decommissioned on 30 December 1918 and was returned to Baker the same day.
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