USS Bessie Jones (SP-1476)

USS Bessie Jones (SP-1476) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Bessie Jones was built as a civilian schooner of the same name in 1892 by Joseph W. Brooks at the Little Choptank River in Maryland. On 24 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Conservation Commission of Maryland, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Bessie Jones (SP-1476).

USS Bessie Jones (SP-1476)

USS Bessie Jones (SP-1476) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Bessie Jones was built as a civilian schooner of the same name in 1892 by Joseph W. Brooks at the Little Choptank River in Maryland. On 24 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Conservation Commission of Maryland, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Bessie Jones (SP-1476).