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USCGC Javelin
ex-USS Jessamine (SP 438)


Jessamine served both the Navy and Coast Guard
Patrol Yacht:

  • Built in 1907 by J. M. Bayles and Son, Port Jefferson, NY
  • Commissioned USS Jessamine (SP 438), 14 June 1917
  • Delivered to the Navy 2 July 1917
  • Renamed SP-438 in 1918
  • Transferred to the Coast Guard 2 December 1919 and commissioned USCGC Javelin
  • Sold 31 July 1922
  • Dropped from the Coast Guard Register in 1923
  • Sold 31 July 1923 to A. G. Liggett and Son of Wyandotte, MI for $500.00
  • Registered in 1926 to Fred W. Warner of Detroit, MI as the yacht Javelin
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 57 t.
  • Length 90' 3"
    1926 - 81.5'
  • Beam 14' 6"
  • Draft 4' 9"
    1926 - 6.6'
  • Speed 13 kts.
  • Complement 13
    1926 - Four
  • Propulsion: Two 60hp 4-cylinder Craig gasoline engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Jessamine 102k Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    Jessamine 93k Photographed prior to her World War I Naval service
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 101356    		 Robert Hurst
    Jessamine 51k At anchor, c. 1907-1917
    U.S. Navy photos NH 101836 and NH 101837    		 Naval Historical Center
    Jessamine 54k
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS C. H. Hull, USNRF19 June 1917
    02ENS Stanley B. Moiles, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
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