USS Desire (SP-786) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Desire as a private motorboat sometime between 1913 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Desire
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderJ. W. Munn, Galveston, Texas
Completed1913
Acquired1917
Commissioned14 June 1917
Decommissioned2 January 1919
FateReturned to owner 2 January 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Desire 1913-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length90 ft (27 m)

Desire was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1913 by J. W. Munn at Galveston, Texas. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Clifford Abeles of St. Louis, Missouri, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 14 June 1917 as USS Desire (SP-786).

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Desire carried out patrol duties and transported customs inspectors for the rest of World War I.

Desire was decommissioned and returned to Abeles on 2 January 1919.

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Desire as a private motorboat sometime between 1913 and 1917, probably in a Caribbean port. A bunch of bananas hangs by her bow.