USS Boy Scout
Boy Scout underway, circa 1916–1917. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Laid down | 1916 |
| Acquired | 28 April 1917 |
| Stricken | c.1919 |
| Fate | not definitely accounted for |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 9 tons |
| Length | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Beam | 9.25 ft (2.82 m) |
| Draught | 10.167 ft (3.099 m) |
| Propulsion | none |
| Speed | 26 knots |
| Complement | four officers and men |
| Armament | one one-pounder cannon |
USS Boy Scout (SP-53) was a wooden-hulled motorboat that served as a section patrol craft, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Boy Scouts of America and by extension for Scouting throughout the world.