USS Coco (SP-110)

Coco as a civilian motorboat in Florida waters in 1917, prior to her United States Navy service.
History
United States
Name: USS Coco
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Albany Boat Corporation, Watervliet, New York
Completed: 1917
Acquired: 23 June 1917[1]
Commissioned: 23 July 1917
Struck: 23 June 1919
Fate:
  • Sold, 5 August 1919
  • Wrecked prior to delivery to new owner, 9–10 September 1919
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Coco, 1917
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Length: 36 ft (11 m)
Speed: 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h)

USS Coco (SP-110) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917-1919.

Coco was built as a civilian motorboat in 1917 by the Albany Boat Corporation at Watervliet, New York. The U.S. Navy acquired Coco from her owner, W.J. Matheson of Coconut Grove, Florida on 23 June 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned[2] on 23 July 1917 as USS Coco (SP-110).

Assigned to the 7th Naval District, Coco served in Florida waters for the rest of the war and for some months after the fighting ended.

Coco was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 23 June 1919 and sold on 5 August. Before she could be delivered to her new owner, she was among several patrol boats wrecked in the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane on 9–10 September while anchored in North Beach Basin at Key West, Florida.

Notes

  1. ↑ The boat's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c10/coco.htm) states that she served in a non-commissioned status, but the other sources state that she was commissioned.
  2. ↑ The boat's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c10/coco.htm) states that she served in a non-commissioned status, but the other sources state that she was commissioned.

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