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USS Rush (SP-712)

Coordinates: 39°52′58″N 75°11′34″W / 39.88290°N 75.19287°W / 39.88290; -75.19287
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History
United States
NameUSS Rush
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderBaker's Yacht Basin, Quincy, Massachusetts
Acquired1 May 1917
Commissioned1917
Fate
  • Wrecked 8 December 1917
  • Hulk sold 1921
NotesOperated as private motorboat Rush until 1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Beam7 ft (2.1 m)
Draft2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) forward
Speed19 knots
Complement3
Armament1 × machine gun

The first USS Rush (SP-712) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during 1917.

Rush was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Baker's Yacht Basin at Quincy, Massachusetts. On 1 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, N. H. White of Brookline, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Rush (SP-712) in 1917.

Rush was assigned to patrol duty in the 4th Naval District. On 8 December 1917, Rush was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when she struck a submerged log at the entrance to the back channel of League Island Navy Yard in Philadelphia and was wrecked. All hands were saved.

Much of Rush's equipment was salvaged, but she was finally declared a total loss on 12 December 1918. R. B. Scott of Philadelphia purchased her hulk in 1921, but she does not appear ever to have been seaworthy again.

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39°52′58″N 75°11′34″W / 39.88290°N 75.19287°W / 39.88290; -75.19287