Get There (S. P. 579)
1917-1919
The Navy retained the name carried by this vessel at the time of her acquisition.
(S. P. 579: tonnage 15; length 58'2"; beam 10'6"; draft 3'6"; speed 28 knots, complement 8; armament 1 1-pounder, 2 .30 caliber machine guns)
Get There -- a motor yacht built in 1916 by Wood & McClure of City Island, N.Y. -- was acquired by the Navy on 28 June 1917 under free lease from her owners, J. S. Bache and F. L. Richards, of New York City and taken over at New York on 14 July 1917. Having been assigned the identification number S. P. 579, she was commissioned on 10 August 1917, Boatswain F. L. Richards, USNRF, in command.
Assigned to the Third Naval District, Get There served as a section patrol boat during World War I. She patrolled New York harbor and in over the winter was laid up at the New York Navy Yard marine basin. After the Armistice, she was decommissioned at New York on 6 March 1919, and was returned to her owner, J. S. Bache, on 1 October 1919.
7 August 2016
