USS Doris B. III

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Doris B. III as a civilian motorboat sometime between 1912 and 1917
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Doris B. III
NamesakePrevious name retained
Builder Britt Brothers, Lynn, Massachusetts
Completed1912
AcquiredJune 1917
Commissioned25 June 1917
FateReturned to owner 3 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Doris B. III 1912-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Length48 ft (15 m)
Beam10 ft (3.0 m)
Draft3 ft 7 in (1.09 m)
Speed12 knots
Complement9
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Doris B. III (SP-733) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Doris B. III was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Britt Brothers at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1912. In June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, J. R. Jewett of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Doris B. III (SP-733) on 25 June 1917.

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Doris B. III performed patrol duty for the rest of World War I.

Doris B. III was decommissioned after the end of the war and returned to Jewett on 3 December 1918.

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