USS Nellie Jackson (SP-1459) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Nellie Jackson as a civilian schooner sometime between 1896 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Nellie Jackson
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderJ. W. Brooks, Maryland
Completed1896
Acquired24 August 1917
Commissioned1917
Decommissioned26 November 1918
FateReturned to owner 26 November 1918
NotesOperated as civilian schooner Nellie Jackson 1896-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length55 ft (17 m)[1] or 62 ft 0 in (18.90 m)[2]
Beam20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Draft4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
PropulsionSails and steam engine, one shaft

Nellie Jackson was built as a civilian two-masted sail-and-steam schooner of the same name in 1896 by J. W. Brooks in Maryland. On 24 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Conservation Commission of Maryland, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Nellie Jackson (SP-1459).

Nellie Jackson served on patrol duties, presumably in the Chesapeake Bay area, for the rest of World War I. She was decommissioned on 26 November 1918, and the Navy returned her to the Conservation Commission the same day.

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