USS Caprice (SP-703)

The first USS "Caprice" (SP-703) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
"Caprice" was built in 1914 as a private motorboat of the same name by the Electric Launch Company (ELCO) at Bayonne, New Jersey. In May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, William Sloan of Norfolk, Virginia, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS "Caprice" (SP-703) on 24 August 1917 with Ensign C. H. Burnett, USNRF, in command.
Assigned to the 5th Naval District, "Caprice" carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I.
"Caprice" was decommissioned on 24 January 1919 and returned to Sloan the same day.