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USS Caprice (SP-703)
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The first USS Caprice (SP-703) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Caprice was built in 1914 as a private motorboat of the same name by the Electric Launch Company (ELCO) at Bayonne, New Jersey. In May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, William Sloan of Norfolk, Virginia, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Caprice (SP-703) on 24 August 1917.
Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Caprice carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I.
Caprice was decommissioned on 24 January 1919 and returned to Sloan the same day.
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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: Caprice (American Motor Boat, 1914). Served as USS Caprice (SP-703) in 1917–1919
- Photo gallery of USS Caprice (SP-703) at NavSource Naval History
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