USS Betty Jane I (ID-3458), also listed as SP-3458, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
 Betty Jane I in an undated photograph which may have been taken sometime between 1913 and 1917 when she was still a private motorboat or at the time of her inspection by the 6th Naval District on 17 September 1918, a little over a year after she entered United States Navy service.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Betty Jane I |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Electric Launch Company (ELCO), Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Completed | 1913 |
| Acquired | 4 September 1917 |
| Commissioned | 4 September 1917 |
| Stricken | 17 January 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 17 January 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as civilian motorboat Betty Jane I 1913-1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Length | 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m) |
| Beam | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Draft | 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) aft |
| Speed | 24 knots |
Betty Jane I was built in 1913 as a private motorboat of the same name by the Electric Launch Company (ELCO) at Bayonne, New Jersey. On 4 September 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Percy Ballentyne of South Montrose, Pennsylvania, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned later that day as USS Betty Jane I.
Assigned to the 6th Naval District, Betty Jane I patrolled the southeastern coast of the United States for the rest of World War I. In September 1918, she received a registration number, although sources disagree on whether this was the section patrol number SP-3458[1] or the naval registry identification number ID-3458.[2]
Betty Jane I was stricken from the Navy Directory on 17 January 1919 and the Navy returned her to Ballentyne the same day.
Notes
edit- ^ NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive betty Jane I (SP 3458).
- ^ Dictionary of American naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b6/betty-jane1-i.htm and Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Betty Jane I (American Motor Boat, 1913). Served as USS Betty Jane I (ID # 3458) in 1917–1919.
References
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Betty Jane I (American Motor Boat, 1913). Served as USS Betty Jane I (ID # 3458) in 1917–1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive betty Jane I (SP 3458)
