USS Desire
 Desire as a private motorboat sometime between 1913 and 1917.
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Desire |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | J. W. Munn, Galveston, Texas |
| Completed | 1913 |
| Acquired | 1917 |
| Commissioned | 14 June 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 2 January 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 2 January 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Desire 1913-1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Length | 90 ft (27 m) |
USS Desire (SP-786) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Desire was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1913 by J. W. Munn at Galveston, Texas. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Clifford Abeles of St. Louis, Missouri, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 14 June 1917 as USS Desire (SP-786).
Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Desire carried out patrol duties and transported customs inspectors for the rest of World War I.
Desire was decommissioned and returned to Abeles on 2 January 1919.
References
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 History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Desire (American Motor Boat, 1913). Was USS Desire (SP-786) in 1917-1919
- Photo gallery of USS Desire at NavSource Naval History
