USS Elsie III

	USS Elsie III (foreground) at Lockwood's Basin in Boston, Massachusetts, during World War I. Behind her is the patrol vessel USS Lynx II (SP-730).
History
United States
Name	USS Elsie III (SP-708)
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1912
Acquired	1917
Commissioned	30 June 1917
Fate	Transferred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 21 April 1919
Notes	Operated as civilian motorboat Elsie III 1912-1917
United States
Name	USC&GS Elsie III
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	21 April 1919
Decommissioned	1944
General characteristics ; (patrol vessel)
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	23 tons
Length	52 ft (16 m)
Beam	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Draft	4 ft (1.2 m)
Propulsion	Gasoline engine
Complement	10
Armament	None

USS Elsie III (SP-708) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 that saw service during World War I. After the completion of her U.S. Navy career, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as the survey launch USC&GS Elsie III from 1919 to 1944.

Construction and commissioning

Elsie III as a civilian motorboat sometime between 1912 and 1917, prior to her U.S. Navy service.

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 in 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned on 30 June 1917 as USS Elsie III (SP-708).

United States Navy service

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.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey service

USC&GS Elsie III on Lake Okeechobee in Florida, ca. 1924..

The U.S. Navy transferred Elsie III to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey on 21 April 1919. Commissioned into the Survey as the survey launch USC&GS Elsie III, she served along the United States East Coast during her career with the Survey.

Between 4 September and 12 September 1935, Elsie III joined the Coast and Geodetic Survey launch USC&GS Marindin in helping with relief efforts in the Florida Keys following the passage of the violent 1935 Labor Day hurricane.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey retired Elsie III from service in 1944.

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