Summary
USS Psyche V (SP-9) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.
 USS Psyche V during World War I
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Psyche V |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Fred S. Nock, East Greenwich, Rhode Island. |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Acquired | 23 April 1917; delivered to Navy 2 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1917 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Department of Commerce 16 June 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Achelous and Psyche V 1911-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 43 tons |
| Length | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Beam | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 11 |
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Psyche V was built in 1911 by Fred S. Nock at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, as the private wooden motorboat Achelous. She had been renamed Psyche V by the time the U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, W. S. Bentham of New York City, on 23 April 1917 for World War I service. She was delivered to the Navy on 2 May 1917 and commissioned as USS Psyche V (SP-9) at New York on 15 June 1917.
Psyche V was assigned to Squadron 8 in the 3rd Naval District for section patrol in the vicinity of New York City. She was transferred to Squadron 19 based at New York on 19 December 1918.
Psyche V was transferred to the United States Department of Commerce on 16 June 1919.
Notes edit
- ^ The armament of one 3-pounder and two machine guns is per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p13/psyche_v.htm and Navsource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170009.htm, although the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images states that her "authorized armament" was limited to one 1-pounder gun, with no mention of any machine guns.
References edit
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Psyche V (SP-9), 1917-1919. Previously a civilian motor boat named Psyche V and Achelous.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Psyche V (SP 9)