USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612)

USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Dohema Jr. as a private motorboat sometime between 1912 and 1917.

USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during World War I. In the right background is the Swedish commercial cargo ship Hermes with World War I neutrality markings painted on her side.
History
United States
Name:	USS Dohema Jr.
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	Edwin Binney, Sound Beach, Connecticut
Completed:	1912
Acquired:	1917
Commissioned:	2 June 1917
Decommissioned:	27 November 1918
Fate:	Returned to owner 27 November 1918
Notes:	Operated as private motorboat Dohema Jr. 1912-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Length:	57 ft (17 m)
Beam:	12 ft (3.7 m)
Draft:	4 ft 2 in (1.27 m)
Speed:	11 knots
Complement:	11
Armament:	1 × 1-pounder gun

Dohema Jr. was built as a private motorboat of the same name by her owner, Edwin Binney of Sound Beach, Connecticut, in 1912. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from Binney for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) on 2 June 1917 with Ensign G. R. Hefflefinger, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Dohema Jr. performed patrol duty in the Delaware River and Delaware Bay and transported Navy personnel within the naval district for the rest of World War I.

Dohema Jr. was decommissioned on 27 November 1918 and returned to Binney 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: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612), 1917-1918. Originally Dohema Jr. (American Motor Pleasure Boat, 1912)
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Dohema Jr. (SP 612)