 The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, Ernest L. Jahncke, on 3 May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel.She was commissioned on 9 May 1917 as USS "Glendoveer" (SP-292) with Boatswain Jacob Hansen, USNRF, in command.Assigned to the 8th Naval District, "Glendoveer" served in Pensacola Harbor at Pensacola, Florida, at New Orleans, and at Biloxi Mississippi, as a section patrol boat and inspection boat for merchant ships.