USS Joyance (SP-72) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Steam yacht Joyance displays her torpedo boat-like appearance
History
United States
NameUSS Joyance
NamesakePrevious name retained
Port of registryNew York
BuilderRobert Jacobs, City Island, Bronx
Completed1907
AcquiredMay 1917
Commissioned20 July 1917
Decommissioned6 May 1919
FateSold 5 August 1919
NotesIn use as private steam yacht Cavalier and Joyance 1907–1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage119 GRT, 80 NRT
Length134.3 ft (40.9 m)
Beam16.0 ft (4.9 m)
Draft5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Depth8.2 ft (2.5 m)
Installed power22 NHP
Propulsion
Speed14 kn (26 km/h)
Armament1 × 3-pounder gun

Joyance was built as the private steam yacht Cavalier in 1907 by Robert Jacobs at City Island, New York. By the time the US Navy inspected her for possible World War I service — describing her as being of "light construction"[1]—she had been renamed Joyance. The Navy acquired her in May 1917 and commissioned her on 20 July 1917 as USS Joyance (SP-72).

Joyance was assigned to the 3rd Naval District as a harbor patrol boat, and operated in New York Harbor and Long Island Sound during World War I.

Joyance was decommissioned on 6 May 1919 and sold to Reinhard Hall at Brooklyn, New York, on 5 August 1919.

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