USS Nellie Jackson

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
Name	USS Nellie Jackson
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	J. W. Brooks, Maryland
Completed	1896
Acquired	24 August 1917
Commissioned	1917
Decommissioned	26 November 1918
Fate	Returned to owner 26 November 1918
Notes	Operated as civilian schooner Nellie Jackson 1896-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	55 ft (17 m) or 62 ft 0 in (18.90 m)
Beam	20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Draft	4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Propulsion	Sails 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.

References

•  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: Nellie Jackson (Schooner, 1896). Served as USS Nellie Jackson (SP-1459) in 1917-1918
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Nellie Jackson (SP 1459)