USS Get There (SP-579)

USS Get There (SP-579) was a United States Navy section patrol craft in commission from 1917 to 1919. Get There was built as a private motor yacht of the same name in 1916 by at City Island, the Bronx, New York. On 28 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owners, J. S. Bache and F. L. Richards of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The Navy took delivery of her on 14 July 1917 and she was commissioned as USS Get There (SP-579) on 10 August 1917 with Boatswain F. L. Richards, USNRF, in command.

USS Get There (SP-579)

USS Get There (SP-579) was a United States Navy section patrol craft in commission from 1917 to 1919. Get There was built as a private motor yacht of the same name in 1916 by at City Island, the Bronx, New York. On 28 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owners, J. S. Bache and F. L. Richards of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The Navy took delivery of her on 14 July 1917 and she was commissioned as USS Get There (SP-579) on 10 August 1917 with Boatswain F. L. Richards, USNRF, in command.