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Photo #: NH 101356

Jessamine
(American Motor Boat, 1907)

Photographed prior to her World War I Naval service.
This pleasure craft was ordered delivered to the Navy on 19 May 1917 and placed in commission on 14 June of that year as USS Jessamine (SP-438). Renamed SP-438 in 1918, she spent her entire Navy career in the Detroit, Michigan, area. Transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard on 2 December 1919 and renamed Javelin, she continued to be based at Detroit until sold on 31 July 1922.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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7 July 2004