USS Vision (SP-1114)

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USS Vision (SP-1114) in port during 1917 or 1918.
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Vision
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderWilliam Nelson, Harrisburg, Texas
Completed1910
Acquired27 August 1917
Commissioned27 August 1917
Decommissioned19 December 1918
FateReturned to owner 19 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Vision 1910-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Tonnage13 Gross register tons
Length67 ft 6 in (20.57 m)
Beam12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Draft4 ft 9 in (1.45 m) mean
Speed12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement9
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

The second USS Vision (SP-1114) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Vision was built as a private, wooden-hulled motorboat of the same name in 1910 by William Nelson at Harrisburg, Texas. On 27 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Haywood Nelms, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Vision (SP-1114).

Assigned to the 3rd Section, 8th Naval District, Vision operated in the Gulf of Mexico for the rest of World War I, patrolling off the Texas ports of Freeport, Sabine, Palacios, and Galveston. On occasion, she also conducted patrols off the entrance to the Brazos River and in Matagorda Bay.

After the conclusion of World War I, the submarine chaser USS SC-157 towed Vision from Galveston to Harrisburg, Texas. Vision was decommissioned at Harrisburg on 19 December 1918 and returned to her owner the same day.

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