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'''USS ''Betty M. II'' (SP-623)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[patrol vessel]] in commission from 1917 to 1918.
''Betty M. II'' was built as a private [[motorboat]] of the same name by the [[Church Boat Company]] at [[Sibley, Michigan]], in 1916. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free [[lease]] from her owner, Charles W. Kotcher of [[Detroit]], Michigan, for use as a [[section patrol]] boat during [[World War I]]. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at Detroit as USS ''Betty M. II'' (SP-623) on 4 September 1917.
Assigned to the 9th, 10th, and 11th Naval Districts – a single administrative entity created by the almagamation of the [[9th Naval District]], [[10th Naval District]], and [[11th Naval District]] – on the [[Great Lakes]], ''Betty M. II'' operated principally at Detroit, transporting personnel and [[mail]]. After towing the patrol boat {{USS|Welcome|SP-1175}} to the [[American Boat Company]] dock at Detroit, ''Betty M. II'' was hauled out of the water for the winter on 26 November 1917 and inactivated prior to the seasonal icing over of the Great Lakes.
Relaunched after the spring thaw on 3 May 1918, ''Betty M. II'' was assigned to the Detroit and St. Clair River Patrol on the [[Detroit River]] and [[St. Clair River]] and, soon thereafter, resumed the transportation of personnel and mail. She continued these operations through the end of World War I.
On 25 November 1918, ''Betty M. II'' was hauled out of the water for the season and [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]]. She was returned to Kotcher on 17 March 1919.
==References==
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b6/betty-m-ii.htm}}
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-b/betty-m2.htm Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: ''Betty M. II'' (American Motor Boat, 1916). Served as USS ''Betty M. II'' (SP-623) in 1917-1919]
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170623.htm NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Betty M. II (SP 623)]
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[[Category:Patrol vessels of the United States Navy]]
[[Category:World War I patrol vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in Detroit]]
[[Category:1916 ships]]
[[Category:Great Lakes ships]]