 She later was renamed "Jimetta".On 16 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired "Jimetta" from her owner, Clement Studebaker of South Bend, Indiana, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I.She was commissioned as USS "Jimetta" (SP-878) on 11 September 1917 at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York, with Chief Boatswain's Mate H. A. Holland, USNRF, in command.