The boat was built as a civilian motor launch in 1914 by the Chance Marine Construction Company at Annapolis, Maryland.

They were under the command of a Conservation Commission member who was also a Lieutenant in the Navy with all expenses, wages, supplies and repairs paid by the federal government.

Music served on patrol and inspection duties in Hampton Roads and on the Elizabeth River in Virginia during World War I.

[6] ( This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

Bessie Jones, Buck, Daisy Archer, Dorothy, Frolic, Governor R. M. McLane, Julia Hamilton, Helen Baughman, Murray, Music, Nellie Jackson, Nettie, Severn, St. Mary's, and Swan