USS Jerry Briggs was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.

History
United States
NameUSS Jerry Briggs
NamesakePrevious name retained
Acquired1918
Commissioned17 August 1918
Decommissioned3 April 1919
FateReturned to owner 3 April 1919
NotesOperated as civilian motorboat Rosalinda and Jerry Briggs until 1918 and Jerry Briggs from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage2 Gross register tons
Length25 ft (7.6 m)
Beam7 ft (2.1 m)
Complement2

Jerry Briggs was built as the private motorboat Rosalinda. She was renamed Jerry Briggs while in civilian use. In 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired Jerry Briggs under a free lease from her owner, Mrs. Myra Briggs, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She never received a section patrol (SP) number, but she was commissioned as USS Jerry Briggs on 17 August 1918.

Jerry Briggs operated out of Saint Helena oil station in the South Atlantic Ocean for the rest of World War I and into 1919. She was decommissioned on 3 April 1919 returned to Briggs the same day.

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