USS Psyche V

USS Psyche V (SP-9) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

USS Psyche V during World War I
History
United States
Name	Psyche V
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Fred S. Nock, East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Completed	1911
Acquired	23 April 1917; delivered to Navy 2 May 1917
Commissioned	15 June 1917
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Department of Commerce 16 June 1919
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Achelous and Psyche V 1911-1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	43 tons
Length	75 ft (23 m)
Beam	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Draft	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	11
Armament	1 × 3-pounder gun 2 × machine guns[1]

Psyche V was built in 1911 by Fred S. Nock at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, as the private wooden motorboat Achelous. She had been renamed Psyche V by the time the U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, W. S. Bentham of New York City, on 23 April 1917 for World War I service. She was delivered to the Navy on 2 May 1917 and commissioned as USS Psyche V (SP-9) at New York on 15 June 1917.

Psyche V was assigned to Squadron 8 in the 3rd Naval District for section patrol in the vicinity of New York City. She was transferred to Squadron 19 based at New York on 19 December 1918.

Psyche V was transferred to the United States Department of Commerce on 16 June 1919.