USS Jaydee III

USS Jaydee III (SP-692) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Jaydee III as a civilian motorboat sometime in 1916 or 1917.
History
United States
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	1 × 1-pounder gun 1 × machine gun

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.