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USS Alert (SP-511)

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Photographed prior to World War I by Edwin Levick, New York City.
History
United States
NameUSS Alert SP-511
BuilderGeorge Lawley and Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts
Launched1913
Acquired12 May 1917
Commissioned31 May 1917
Decommissioned25 November 1918
RenamedSP-511 in April 1918
FateReturned to her owner, DeWitt T. Cuyler, Philadelphia, PA, 30 November 1918
General characteristics
Displacement39 t
Length75 ft (23 m)
Beam12 ft (3.7 m)
Draft3 ft 9 in (1.14 m)
Speed15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph)
Complement11
Armamentone 1-pounder

The motorboat Alert built in Neponset, Massachusetts., by George Lawley and Sons, in 1913—was acquired by the US Navy under free-lease on 12 May 1917 from DeWitt T. Cuyler, of Philadelphia., for use as a section patrol boat. Designated SP-511, Alert was commissioned on 31 May 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Alert performed local patrol duty at the Portsmouth, NH Navy Yard and in the Boston area for the remainder of World War I. Decommissioned at Lawley's shipyard on 25 November 1918, two weeks after the signing of the armistice, the boat was returned to her owner on 30 November 1918.

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