USS ''Psyche V'' (SP-9) was an armed

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that served in the

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as a

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from 1917 to 1919. ''Psyche V'' was built in 1911 by Fred S. Nock at

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, as the private

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en motorboat ''Achelous''. She had been renamed ''Psyche V'' by the time the U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, W. S. Bentham of

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, on 23 April 1917 for

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service. She was delivered to the Navy on 2 May 1917 and commissioned as USS ''Psyche V'' (SP-9) at New York on 15 June 1917. ''Psyche V'' was assigned to Squadron 8 in the

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for

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in the vicinity of New York City. She was transferred to Squadron 19 based at New York on 19 December 1918. ''Psyche V'' was transferred to the United States

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on 16 June 1919.

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Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS ''Psyche V'' (SP-9), 1917-1919. Previously a civilian motor boat named ''Psyche V'' and ''Achelous''.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Psyche V (SP-9) Patrol vessels of the United States Navy World War I patrol vessels of the United States Ships built in East Greenwich, Rhode Island 1911 ships East Greenwich, Rhode Island