USS Elsie III (SP-708) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Elsie III was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1912 at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned on 30 June 1917 as USS Elsie III (SP-708). Assigned to the 1st Naval District for section patrol duties and based at Boston, Massachusetts, Elsie III operated in the vicinity of Boston for the rest of World War I on patrol, despatch, guard, towing, and transport duties.
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| - USS Elsie III (SP-708) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Elsie III was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1912 at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned on 30 June 1917 as USS Elsie III (SP-708). Assigned to the 1st Naval District for section patrol duties and based at Boston, Massachusetts, Elsie III operated in the vicinity of Boston for the rest of World War I on patrol, despatch, guard, towing, and transport duties.
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| - USS Elsie III at Lockwood's Basin in Boston, Massachusetts, during World War I. Behind her is patrol vessel USS Lynx II (SP-730).
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| - USS Elsie III (SP-708) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Elsie III was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1912 at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned on 30 June 1917 as USS Elsie III (SP-708). Assigned to the 1st Naval District for section patrol duties and based at Boston, Massachusetts, Elsie III operated in the vicinity of Boston for the rest of World War I on patrol, despatch, guard, towing, and transport duties. After the war, Elsie III was transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey on 21 April 1919. She served in the Survey as USC&GS Elsie III until 1944.
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