The M/V Commander is a historic motor vessel built in 1917 and designed by Beele Wallace Co. of Morehead City, North Carolina, United States.

[3] MV Commander was built as an excursion boat for service between Rockaway and Brooklyn, New York.

She was leased to the United States Navy on 17 September 1917 and commissioned on 3 January 1918.

[4] The Commander was decommissioned from the Navy on 5 February 1919 and returned to her civilian owner.

Naval vessel of World War I vintage still operating under her own motor power and in its original condition.