- Built in Scotland
- World War I service
- Post-war decommissioning and sale
- See also
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1917}} | Ship name= | Ship namesake= A name retained. | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= Hawthorne & Company, Leith, Scotland | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= date unknown | Ship launched= | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= as the yacht Corona | Ship completed= 1905 | Ship acquired= 10 June 1917 | Ship commissioned= 20 July 1917 at New York City | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= 17 May 1919 at New York City | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= circa May 1919 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport=*Brest, France | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= sold 1 October 1921 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
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}} | USS Corona (SP-813) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as a patrol craft, and assigned to the North Atlantic Ocean, based out of Brest, France, to protect shipping from the German submarines and Q-ships. Post-war she was decommissioned, returned to her original condition, and disposed of by public auction. Built in Scotland Corona (No. 813) was built in 1905 by Hawthorne & Co., Leith, Scotland; purchased by the Navy 10 June 1917; commissioned at New York City 20 July 1917, Lieutenant L. M. Stevens in command; and reported to Patrol Force, Atlantic Fleet. World War I service Corona departed New York City 31 July 1917 for St. John's, Newfoundland, the Azores, and Brest, France, where she arrived 30 August. She escorted convoys and patrolled in the English Channel and off the west coast of France, based on Brest, until the end of World War I. Corona sailed from Brest 5 December 1918 for New London, Connecticut, arriving 28 December . Post-war decommissioning and sale In reserve at New London, Connecticut, until 5 May 1919, she sailed then for New York City, arriving 6 May. Corona was decommissioned 17 May 1919, and sold 1 October 1921. See also - United States Navy
- World War I
References- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c14/corona.htm }}
- USS Corona (SP-813), 1917-1921 Originally the steam yacht Corona (1905)
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