''Daisy Archer'' was a
schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...
of the Maryland State Fisheries Force converted at some time before 1917 into a
motorboat. The vessel entered into the
United States Navy under an agreement with Maryland for joint state and federal service during World War I as a
patrol boat with identification ID-1283 from 1917 to 1918.
In 1891 the schooner, part of what was then nicknamed the "Oyster Police Navy," supported a scientific survey of southern Maryland sponsored by
Johns Hopkins University,
Maryland Agricultural College and the
U.S. Geological Survey. The lead vessel was the force's steamer ''Governor P. F. Thomas'' with the force's schooners ''Daisy Archer'' and ''Folly'' in support. The survey's scope ranged from natural resources to archaeology.
During an extreme cold period in January 1893, with
Annapolis
Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...
iced in and ice extending across the upper
Chesapeake Bay, many of the force's schooners were frozen in ice. The force's steamers, and ''Governor P. F. Thomas'', along with tugs broke ice keeping a narrow channel in Annapolis clear and then carried supplies and ammunition to schooners trapped in ice. ''Governor P. F. Thomas'' brought in the captain of ''Daisy Archer'' in for supplies and then returned him to the schooner in
West River.
''Daisy Archer'' was acquired by the Navy from the
Conservation Commission of Maryland under a contract between the state and Navy in 1917.
[ The Fishery Force vessels operated in a dual role of state fishery enforcement and Navy patrol from August 1917 to November 1918.][ She was placed in service in the ]5th Naval District
The naval district was a U.S. Navy military and administrative command ashore. Apart from Naval District Washington, the Districts were disestablished and renamed Navy Regions about 1999, and are now under Commander, Naval Installations Command ...
, where she engaged in patrol and transport duties. She was returned to her owner on 27 November 1918.[ The vessel, along with the older Fishery Force schooners ''Julia Hamilton'', '' Helen Baughman'', ''Bessie Jones'' and ''Anna B. Smith'' were then sold by the Commission.][
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References
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Other Maryland Fishery Force vessels
''Bessie Jones'', ''Buck'', ''Daisy Archer'', '' Dorothy, ''Frolic'', , ''Julia Hamilton'', '' Helen Baughman'', ''Murray'', ''Music'', ''Nellie Jackson'', ''Nettie'', ''Severn'', ''St. Mary's'', and ''Swan''
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Maritime history of Maryland
Chesapeake Bay boats
World War I patrol vessels of the United States
Motorboats of the United States Navy