Specifications: Displacement 25 t.; Length 60'; Beam 11' 8"; Draft 2' 11" (mean); Speed unknown; Complement eight; Armament one 1-pounder and one machine gun.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
Velocipede
	148k	Photographed soon after completion in 1917. U.S.Navy photo 89775		Naval Historical Center
USS Velocipede (SP 1258)
	69k	USS Russ (SP-1151), at left, and USS Velocipede (SP-1258), at right, at Miami, Florida, 27 June 1918. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. U.S.Navy photo 80-G-1017184		Naval Historical Center
	76k	In Florida waters, near Miami, 31 July 1918. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. U.S.Navy photo 80-G-1017185		Naval Historical Center
Velocipede
	117k	Refitting at New York for the 1919 yachting season in the spring of that year. Many of these boats served as Navy section patrol ("SP") craft during World War I. Identifiable boats appear to include Velocipede (ex-Navy SP-1258), in the center, with bow toward camera, and Osprey II (ex-Navy SP-928) at far right. Halftone photographic reproduction published on the front cover of "The Rudder" magazine, June 1919. Courtesy of Robert F. Sumrall, 1972. U.S.Navy photo NH 75650		Naval Historical Center

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Assigned to the 7th Naval District, Velocipede served on patrol duties at the Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla., until after the armistice had ended hostilities on 11 November 1918. She remained in Navy hands until 6 February 1919 when she was returned to her owner.