USS Vivace
 Vivace as a private yacht sometime between 1904 and 1917.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Vivace |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Bronx, New York |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Acquired | 29 June 1917 |
| Commissioned | 20 September 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 28 September 1918 |
| Stricken | 28 September 1918 |
| Fate | Sold as "junk"[1] 16 April 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private yacht Vixen and Vivace 1904-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 66 net register tons |
| Length | 118 ft 0 in (35.97 m) |
| Beam | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) aft |
| Depth | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 22 knots |
| Complement | 12 |
| Armament |
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USS Vivace (SP-583) was a
patrol vessel
in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Vivace was built as the fast private
naval architect Charles L. Seabury
. She later was renamed Vivace.
Vivace was the property of the two companies that built her when, on 18 June 1917, the U.S. Navy enrolled her in the
section patrol vessel during World War I. Her owners delivered her to the Navy on 29 June 1917, and she was commissioned
as USS Vivace (SP-583) on 20 September 1917.
Assigned to the
3rd Naval District, Vivace carried out patrol duties in the New York City
area for a year.
Apparently difficult to maintain, Vivace was
Brooklyn, New York
, on 16 April 1919.
Notes
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships[1]; Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Vivace (SP-583), 1917-1919. Previously the Civilian steam yacht Vivace (1904); NavSource Online: Patrol Yacht Photo Archive Vivace (SP 583).
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships; Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Vivace (SP-583), 1917-1919. Previously the Civilian steam yacht Vivace (1904); NavSource Online: Patrol Yacht Photo Archive Vivace (SP 583).
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: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Vivace (SP-583), 1917-1919. Previously the Civilian steam yacht Vivace (1904)
- NavSource Online: Patrol Yacht Photo Archive Vivace (SP 583)