USS Magnet (SP-563)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Magnet.

History
United States
Name	USS Magnet
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, New Jersey
Completed	1910
Acquired	11 June 1917
Commissioned	27 June 1917
Fate	Sold 1920
Notes	Operated as private motor yacht Magnet 1910-1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	52 [1] or 76 [2] gross register tons
Length	95 ft 3 in (29.03 m)
Beam	14 ft 10 in (4.52 m)
Draft	4 ft 3 in (1.30 m)
Speed	14 knots
Complement	22
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun 1 × machine gun 1 × Y-gun

The first USS Magnet (SP-563) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.<ref>SP-563Magnet at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599.

Magnet was built as a private motor yacht of the same name by the Electric Launch Company at Bayonne, New Jersey, in 1910. On 11 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, H. F. Lippett, for use as a section patrol craft during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Magnet (SP-563) on 27 June 1917.

Magnet served on patrol duties for the rest of World War I. She was ordered sold on 1 October 1919 and was sold in 1920.

Notes

1. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m1/magnet-i.htm.
2. SP-563Magnet at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599.Archived 2003-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• SP-563Magnet at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Magnet (SP 563)