was a United States Coast Guard Cutter commissioned in 1919. Vidette was built as the wooden-hulled civilian yacht Howarda in 1913 by the Essington Company in Essington, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Navy acquired Howarda in 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She served in the Navy as USS Howarda (SP-144) until 1919. The Navy transferred Howarda to the United States Department of the Treasury for use by the United States Coast Guard on 3 May 1919 or 1 July 1919. Commissioned as , she served at Key West, Florida. On 1 January 1929 she was transferred to Miami, Florida.
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