![]() Jaydee III as a civilian motorboat sometime in 1916 or 1917.
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Name | USS Jaydee III |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Builder | Matthews Boat Company, Port Clinton, Ohio |
Completed | 1916 |
Acquired | 19 May 1917[1] or June 1917[2] |
Commissioned | 12 June 1917 |
Fate | Returned to owner 7 March 1919 |
Notes | Operated as private motorboat Jaydee III 1916-1917 and from 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Tonnage | 23 gross register tons |
Length | 45 ft (14 m) |
Beam | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Draft | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
Speed | 20 knots |
Complement | 5 |
Armament |
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USS Jaydee III (SP-692) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Jaydee III was built in 1916 as a private motorboat of the same name by the Matthews Boat Company at Port Clinton, Ohio. On 19 May 1917[1] or in June 1917,[2] the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owners - R. Talbot, J. C. Wright, Howard Wilson, and Irving Chapin, of Lincoln, Nebraska - for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Jaydee III (SP-692) at Detroit, Michigan, on 12 June 1917.
Assigned to the 9th, 10th, and 11th Naval Districts - at the time a single administration entity created by the amalgamation of the 9th Naval District, 10th Naval District, and 11th Naval District - and based at Detroit, Jaydee III served as a patrol craft and shipping traffic regulator on the Detroit River for the rest of World War I.
Jaydee III was returned to her owners on 7 March 1919.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Jaydee III (Motor Boat, 1916); Later USS Jaydee III (SP-692), 1917-1919". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved Sep 26, 2022.
- ^ a b "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved Sep 26, 2022.
References
[edit]This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Jaydee III (Motor Boat, 1916); Later USS Jaydee III (SP-692), 1917-1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Jaydee III (SP 692)