USS Vision (SP-744)

	USS Vision (SP-744) in 1917, possibly during her 3 July 1917 commissioning into United States Navy service.
History
United States
Name	USS Vision (1917); USS SP-744 (1917-1919);
Namesake	Vision was her previous name retained; SP-744 was her section patrol number;
Builder	Albany Boat Corporation, Watervliet, New York
Completed	1916
Acquired	3 July 1917
Commissioned	3 July 1917
Decommissioned	22 January 1919
Renamed	SP-744 in 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 22 January 1919
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Vision 1916-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	13 Gross register tons
Length	45 ft (14 m)
Beam	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Draft	2 ft 9 in (0.84 m) mean
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	8
Armament	1 × .30-caliber (7.62-mm) machine gun

The first USS Vision (SP-744), later USS SP-744, was a

patrol vessel

in commission from 1917 to 1919.

History

Vision was built as a private, wooden-

section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Vision (SP-744). She soon was renamed USS SP-744 to avoid confusion with the patrol vessel USS Vision (SP-1114)

, which was commissioned on 27 August 1917.

Assigned to the

2nd Naval District in southern New England and based at Newport, Rhode Island, SP-744 served on harbor and harbor entrance patrol duties, including patrols off the Naval War College and Rose Island

, until November 1917. After undergoing engine repairs from November 1917 to February 1918, she resumed patrols in the Newport area.

On 23 June 1918, SP-744 got underway from Newport and headed southward for duty in the

Miami

, Florida, for the rest of World War I and into January 1919.

SP-744 was

decommissioned

at Miami on 22 January 1919 and returned to her owner the same day.

History

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