USS Rush (SP-712)
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy
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The first USS Rush (SP-712) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during 1917.
Rush was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Baker's Yacht Basin at Quincy, Massachusetts. On 1 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, N. H. White of Brookline, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Rush (SP-712) in 1917.
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