USS Saxis

USS Saxis was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during 1917.
Saxis was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name by Thomas Scott. On 5 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from the Virginia Fish Commission for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Saxis was wrecked when she became stranded at West Point, Virginia, on 7 July 1917.
Presumably Saxis was commissioned as USS Saxis sometime between her acquisition and loss, but one source states without further explanation that Saxis may have been wrecked before seeing any actual U.S. Navy service.