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USS Jane II

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History
United States
NameUSS Jane II
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderA. Appel, Trenton, New Jersey
Completed1914
AcquiredAugust 1917
Commissioned1917
FateReturned to owner 25 November 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Jane II 1914-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage5 Gross register tons
Length35 ft (11 m)
Beam5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Draft3 ft (0.91 m)
Speed15 knots
Armament1 × machine gun

USS Jane II (SP-1188) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Jane II was built as a private wooden motorboat of the same name in 1914 by A. Appel at Trenton, New Jersey. In August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, George Gumphert of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned soon thereafter as USS Jane II (SP-1188).

Assigned to the 4th Naval District and based at Cape May, New Jersey, Jane II served as a patrol craft and dispatch boat through the end of World War I.

The Navy returned Jane II to Gumphert on 25 November 1918.

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