USS Vision (SP-1114)

	USS Vision (SP-1114) in port during 1917 or 1918.
History
United States
Name	USS Vision
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	William Nelson, Harrisburg, Texas
Completed	1910
Acquired	27 August 1917
Commissioned	27 August 1917
Decommissioned	19 December 1918
Fate	Returned to owner 19 December 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Vision 1910-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	13 Gross register tons
Length	67 ft 6 in (20.57 m)
Beam	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Draft	4 ft 9 in (1.45 m) mean
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	9
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun

The second USS Vision (SP-1114) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Vision was built as a private, wooden-hulled motorboat of the same name in 1910 by William Nelson at Harrisburg, Texas. On 27 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Haywood Nelms, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Vision (SP-1114).

Assigned to the 3rd Section, 8th Naval District, Vision operated in the Gulf of Mexico for the rest of World War I, patrolling off the Texas ports of Freeport, Sabine, Palacios, and Galveston. On occasion, she also conducted patrols off the entrance to the Brazos River and in Matagorda Bay.

After the conclusion of World War I, the submarine chaser USS SC-157 towed Vision from Galveston to Harrisburg, Texas. Vision was decommissioned at Harrisburg on 19 December 1918 and returned to her owner the same day.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Vision (SP-1114), 1917-1918. Originally the Civilian Motor Boat Vision (1910)
NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Vision (SP 1114)