USS Miss Betsy

USS Miss Betsy was a motorboat that served in the United [States Navy] as a dispatch vessel from 1918 to 1919.
Miss Betsy was built as a civilian motorboat in 1916 by E. S. Thibault at Jacksonville, Florida. The U.S. Navy acquired her on 13 April 1918 under a free lease from her owner, M. R. Ballantyne of South [Montrose, Pennsylvania|South Montrose], Pennsylvania, for naval district use during World War I. She was commissioned on 21 September 1918 as USS Miss Betsy.
Miss Betsy was assigned to the 6th [Naval District] at Charleston, South Carolina, where she provided dispatch boat and mail delivery services.
Miss Betsy was returned to her owner on 17 January 1919.