[4] In 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, the Virginia Fish and Oyster Commission, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Crittenden, Katie operated as a shore and section patrol boat until less than three weeks before the end of World War I.

Katie, now under command of Boatswain O. W. Hudson,[5] was decommissioned on 22 October 1918 and was returned to the Virginia Fish and Oyster Commission the same day.

He moved her to Richmond, Virginia, and made plans to take her to wooden boat shows on the Chesapeake Bay.

After years left docked in Richmond, VA the “Katie” sustained many damages, including a fire and multiple sinking s. Despite that she has persevered and was acquired by a small collective of friends.