USS Jimetta (SP-878) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Jimetta as the private motorboat Frances II sometime between 1915 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Jimetta
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderNew York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York
Completed1915
Acquired16 July 1917
Commissioned11 September 1917
Decommissioned11 December 1918
FateReturned to owner 11 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motor yacht Frances II and Jimetta 1915–1917 and Jimetta from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage32 Gross register tons
Length65 ft (20 m)
Beam14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m) aft
Speed10 knots
Armament

Jimetta was built as the private motor yacht Frances II in 1915 by the New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. She later was renamed Jimetta.

On 16 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Jimetta from her owner, Clement Studebaker of South Bend, Indiana, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Jimetta (SP-878) on 11 September 1917 at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Jimetta served as a patrol and dispatch boat in Long Island Sound for the rest of World War I.

Jimetta was decommissioned on 11 December 1918 and returned to Studebaker the same day.

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