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The wooden-hulled motor boat [[USS]] '''Beaumere II''' --built in 1914 by the Gas Engine and Power Co., and the Charles L. Seabury Co., of Morris Heights, [[New York]] -- was acquired by the [[Navy]] on a free-lease basis from theatrical manager Edward Franklin Albee (1857-1930) on 29 June 1917. Enrolled and ordered delivered on 18 July 1917, Beaumere, which, for some reason, was given a Roman numeral suffix “II” by the [[U.S. Navy|Navy]] since contemporary yacht registers list the boat as simply Beaumere, was designated as a section patrol craft and designated SP-444. She was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 22 October 1917, Chief Boatswain A. Anderson, USNRF, in command.

The wooden-hulled motor boat [[USS]] '''Beaumere II''' --built in 1914 by the Gas Engine and Power Co., and the Charles L. Seabury Co., of Morris Heights, [[New York]]—was acquired by the [[Navy]] on a free-lease basis from theatrical manager Edward Franklin Albee (1857-1930) on 29 June 1917. Enrolled and ordered delivered on 18 July 1917, Beaumere, which, for some reason, was given a Roman numeral suffix “II” by the [[U.S. Navy|Navy]] since contemporary yacht registers list the boat as simply Beaumere, was designated as a section patrol craft and designated SP-444. She was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 22 October 1917, Chief Boatswain A. Anderson, USNRF, in command.

Attached to the 3d Naval District, Beaumere II operated principally from the New York Navy Yard, the Barge Office at Battery Park, and the Marine Basin at Ulmer Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., as a despatch boat. She spent her entire naval career carrying passengers between various locations on the shores of the East and North Rivers, to Staten Island, and as far north as West Point on the Hudson. She interspersed these active operations and stand-by periods with upkeep at the Marine Basin. During portions of April, May, June and September of 1917, and again in January of 1919, she alternated with Get There (SP-579) as despatch boat at the Barge Office.

Attached to the 3d Naval District, Beaumere II operated principally from the New York Navy Yard, the Barge Office at Battery Park, and the Marine Basin at Ulmer Park in Brooklyn, N.Y., as a despatch boat. She spent her entire naval career carrying passengers between various locations on the shores of the East and North Rivers, to Staten Island, and as far north as West Point on the Hudson. She interspersed these active operations and stand-by periods with upkeep at the Marine Basin. During portions of April, May, June and September of 1917, and again in January 1919, she alternated with Get There (SP-579) as despatch boat at the Barge Office.

Ultimately proceeding to Pier 72, New York City, on 15 February 1919, Beaumere II was returned to her owner on 24 February 1919 and her name was struck from the Navy list simultaneously. Reverting back to her original name, Beaumere, she remained in Albee’s ownership through 1929, after which time she became the property of the Marine Sales and Service Co., of New York City. Her last owner appears to have been a Joseph White, through 1949, after which time the name Beaumere disappears from contemporary yacht registers.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm]</ref>

Ultimately proceeding to Pier 72, New York City, on 15 February 1919, Beaumere II was returned to her owner on 24 February 1919 and her name was struck from the Navy list simultaneously. Reverting back to her original name, Beaumere, she remained in Albee’s ownership through 1929, after which time she became the property of the Marine Sales and Service Co., of New York City. Her last owner appears to have been a Joseph White, through 1949, after which time the name Beaumere disappears from contemporary yacht registers.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]</ref>

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