USS Secret

USS Secret (SP-1063) during World War I. Several barges are in the background.
History
United States
Name	USS Secret
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	William E. Haff, New Rochelle, New York
Completed	1917
Acquired	28 May 1917
Commissioned	28 May 1917
Decommissioned	30 December 1918
Fate	Returned to owner 30 December 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Secret 1916-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	37 ft (11 m)
Beam	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Draft	2 ft (0.61 m)
Speed	22 miles per hour[1]

USS Secret (SP-1063) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Secret was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1916 by William E. Haff at New Rochelle, New York. On 28 May 1917, the U.S. Navy leased her from her owner, John S. Baker of Short Hills, New Jersey, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Secret (SP-1063).

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Secret served as a dispatch boat. She also served as a rescue boat at Naval Air Station Anacostia in Washington, D.C.

Secret was decommissioned on 30 December 1918 and was returned to Baker the same day.

• Crash boats of World War 2

•  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: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Secret (SP-1063), 1917-1918. Previously the civilian motor boat Secret.
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Secret (SP 1063)

• Photo gallery of USS Secret at NavSource Naval History