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USS Onset

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History
United States
NameUSS Onset
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderHacketts, Bayonne, New Jersey
Completed1888
Acquired15 June 1917
Commissioned1917
Decommissioned21 December 1918
FateReturned to owner 21 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Onset 1888-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage5 Gross register tons
Length40 ft 0 in (12.19 m)
Beam13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
Draft2 ft 6 in (0.76 m)
Speed6 knots
Complement6
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Onset (SP-1224) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Onset was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1888 by Hacketts at Bayonne, New Jersey. She was rebuilt in 1910. On 15 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Onset from her owner, W. H. Steelman of Chincoteague, Virginia, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Onset (SP-1224).

Assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Norfolk, Virginia, Onset performed patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

The Navy decommissioned Onset on 21 December 1918 and returned her to Steelman the same day.

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