.jpg) USS Kajeruna (SP-389) painted in camouflage during World War I.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Kajeruna |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | John N. Robins & Son, Erie Basin, New York |
| Launched | 31 May 1902 |
| Completed | 1902 |
| Acquired | May 1917 |
| Commissioned | May 1917 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 16 January 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private steam yacht Hauoli, Seminole, and Kajeruna 1902/1903-1917 and Kajeruna from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | armed yacht |
| Tonnage | 147 GRT |
| Length | 153 ft (47 m) |
| Beam | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) aft |
| Installed power | 850 indicated horsepower |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, one shaft |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
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USS Kajeruna (SP-389) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. The vessel had been built in 1902 as Hauoli for mining magnate Francis Marion "Borax" Smith but was replaced in 1903 by a second, larger vessel he named Hauoli. The first yacht was then named Seminole and for a time was returned to the builder, John N. Robins, and advertised for sale by the designer's firm. In 1911 Clinton W. Kinsella of New York purchased the yacht, apparently already renamed Kajeruna. After naval service the yacht was returned to the owner. On 31 March 1920 the ship was sold to British interests and renamed Tomas W. Beattie.