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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