USS Vitesse, a 60-foot patrol boat, was built in 1917 at Greenport, Long Island, New York, for a private owner. One of several similar craft constructed at that time by the same builder, she was probably a result of the National "Preparedness" movement that arose in the months prior to the U.S. entry into World War I. Leased by the Navy in July 1917, she was placed in commission at that time and soon began patrol duties out of Cape May, New Jersey. Vitesse spent her entire service in the Delaware Bay and Delaware River area. She was decommissioned in early December 1918 and returned to her owner.
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