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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --

Frances II (Motor Boat, 1915);
Later renamed Jimetta.
Was USS Jimetta (SP-878) in 1917-1918

Frances II, a 32-ton motor boat built in 1915 at New York City, later was renamed Jimetta. She was taken over by the Navy for World War I service in July 1917 and commissioned in September as USS Jimetta (SP-878). During 1917-18, she operated as a patrol and dispatch boat in the Long Island Sound area. Jimetta was decommissioned and returned to her owner in December 1918.

This page features our only views of the motor boat Frances II, later renamed Jimetta, which served as USS Jimetta (SP-878) in 1917-18.

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Photo #: NH 101361 Frances II (U.S. Motor Boat, 1915) Photographed circa 1915-17 by Edwin Levick, of New York. Renamed Jimetta while still in civilian hands, she had World War I service as USS Jimetta (SP-878). The original print is mounted on the SP data card for this craft, held by the Naval Historical Center's Ships' Histories Branch. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 530 pixels

Photo #: NH 101943 Frances II (U.S. Motor Boat, 1915) Photographed circa 1915-17 by Edwin Levick, of New York. Renamed Jimetta while still in civilian hands, she served as USS Jimetta (SP-878) during World War I. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 525 pixels

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