USS Alice (SP-367)
USS Alice was a private motorboat bought by the United States Navy during World War I as a dispatch boat, and then sold again afterwards.
History
Alice was owned by David H. Morris of New York City on 8 May 1917 when it was purchased by the United States Navy. The second Navy ship named Alice, it was commissioned on 29 September 1917, after which it was assigned to the 3d Naval District as a dispatch boat through the end of World War I. Decommissioned on 9 May 1919, the Navy struck Alice from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 July, and sold it on 5 August to Reinhard Hall of New York City.
Built in 1913 by Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury and Co. at Morris Heights, New York, Alice was a motorboat. It was long, with a beam, and a draft of. Weighing, Alice top speed was, courtesy two, six-cylinder, gasoline-fueled, Speedway engines. While in Naval service, the ship was crewed by six sailors with a machine gun and two one-pounders.