Doris B. III as a civilian motorboat sometime between 1912 and 1917
History
United States
Name	USS Doris B. III
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Britt Brothers, Lynn, Massachusetts
Completed	1912
Acquired	June 1917
Commissioned	25 June 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 3 December 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Doris B. III 1912-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	48 ft (15 m)
Beam	10 ft (3.0 m)
Draft	3 ft 7 in (1.09 m)
Speed	12 knots
Complement	9
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun

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

Background

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.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Doris B. III (American Motor Boat, 1912). Served as USS Doris B. III (SP-733) and in 1917-1918
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Doris B. III (SP 733)