USS Magistrate (SP-143) was a Magistrate-class patrol boat acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of patrolling the coasts and harbors of the United States. Magistrate, a wooden hull gas powered boat, was built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1916; acquired by the Navy under free lease from Henry S. Vanderbilt of New York City, 1 May 1917; delivered 14 May 1917; and commissioned 24 May 1917, Ens. W. J. Dailey, USNRF, in command.