Calypso II (S.P. 632)
1917-1919
The Navy retained the name she carried by this small craft at the time of her acquisition.
II
(S.P. 632: tonnage 16 (gross register); length 54’0” (overall); beam 10’6”; draft 3’8” (mean); speed 9.0 knots (maximum), 7.4 knots (cruising); complement 11; armament 1 1-pounder)
The motor boat Calypso, a single-screw, wooden-hulled motor boat built in 1909 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Co., was acquired by the Navy from H. T. Stetson for $3,000. Delivered on 23 June 1917, Calypso, given the identification number S.P. 632 and earmarked for section patrol duties, was commissioned on 19 July 1917.
Following the Armistice that ended the Great War [World War I], the Navy transferred Calypso to the Bureau of Fisheries on 9 September 1919, striking her from the Navy Lists simultaneously.
Robert J. Cressman
31 August 2022
