USS Jane II

USS Jane II (SP-1188) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

History
United States
Name	USS Jane II
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	A. Appel, Trenton, New Jersey
Completed	1914
Acquired	August 1917
Commissioned	1917
Fate	Returned to owner 25 November 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Jane II 1914-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	5 Gross register tons
Length	35 ft (11 m)
Beam	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Draft	3 ft (0.91 m)
Speed	15 knots
Armament	1 × machine gun

Jane II was built as a private wooden motorboat of the same name in 1914 by A. Appel at Trenton, New Jersey. In August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, George Gumphert of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned soon thereafter as USS Jane II (SP-1188).

Assigned to the 4th Naval District and based at Cape May, New Jersey, Jane II served as a patrol craft and dispatch boat through the end of World War I.

The Navy returned Jane II to Gumphert on 25 November 1918.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-1188 Jane II at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-1100 through SP-1199
• Photo gallery of USS Jane II at NavSource Naval History