Rush

I

(SP - 712: length 36’6”; beam 7’; draft 2’6” (forward); speed 19 knots; complement 3; armament 1 machine gun)

The first Rush was built at Bakers Yacht Basin as a private boat and acquired by the Navy 1 May 1917 from Mr. N. H. White of Brookline, Mass. Assigned to patrol duty in the 4th Naval District, Rush was wrecked 8 December 1917 while bound for Philadelphia from Boston. Although all hands were saved and much equipment salvaged, the vessel was declared a total loss 12 December 1918. Her hulk was subsequently purchased during 1921 by R. B. Scott of Philadelphia, Pa., but she did not reappear on mercantile registers in the 1920s.