USS Charmian II (SP-696)

USS "Charmian II" (SP-696) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
"Charmian II" was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Chance Marine Construction Company at Annapolis, Maryland. On 29 May 1917 the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, J. E. Stanton Jr. of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS "Charmian II" (SP-696).
Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, "Charmian II" served on patrol duty for the rest of World War I.
The Navy returned "Charmian II" to Stanton on 25 November 1918.