USS Edith M. III (SP-196) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

The United States Navy purchased her for World War I service in June 1917 and commissioned her on 5 November 1917 as USS Edith M. III' (SP-196).

Edith M. III was assigned to the 3rd Naval District, where she spent the remainder of World War I carrying men and provisions around New York Harbor.

Decommissioned on 8 May 1919, Edith M. III was sold on 2 July 1919[1] and entered passenger service in New York Harbor captained by Louis H. Hazzard.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.