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Velocipede (SP 1258)


Motor Boat: Built by the Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Height, NY; Acquired by the Navy, 27 October 1917; Commissioned, 14 November 1917; Returned to her owner, 6 February 1919. Fate unknown.

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.
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Russ 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.
USN Photograph 80-G-1017184
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Velocipede (SP-1258)-a motor boat constructed at Morris Heights, N.J., by the Charles L. Seabury Co.- was acquired by the Navy on 27 October 1917 under free lease from Mr. K. C. Atwood, Jr., of New York City, N.Y., for use as an aeronautical patrol boat; and commissioned on 14 November 1917

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.


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