Editing SS Roosevelt (1905) (section)

===United States Navy===

Meanwhile, the [[United States]] had entered World War I on 6 April 1917, and on 18 March 1918 ''Roosevelt'' was transferred to the [[United States Navy]] for war service.<ref name=danfs/><ref name=ssroosevelt/><ref name=navsource/> The Navy [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] her the same day as the [[patrol vessel]] '''USS ''Roosevelt'' (SP-2397)'''.<ref name=danfs/> Armed with three [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss#United States service|3-pounder guns]] and based at Seattle, she was assigned to the [[section patrol]] in the [[Thirteenth Naval District]].<ref name=danfs/> She patrolled in the waters of the [[Pacific Northwest]] and [[Territory of Alaska]] through the end of the war on 11 November 1918.<ref name=danfs/>

While in naval service, ''Roosevelt''  continued her "Pribilof tender" duties, making voyages on behalf of the BOF between Seattle, Unalaska, and the Pribilof Islands.<ref name=ssroosevelt/><ref name=grigorep22/> On 27 April 1918, she departed Seattle bound for the Pribilofs filled with a load of cargo that included three one-ton trucks.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> The ship was unloading supplies at the Pribilofs when [[diphtheria]] broke out among her crew.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> After the [[physician]] on [[Saint Paul Island (Alaska)|Saint Paul Island]] administered an [[antitoxin]], she steamed to [[Unalaska, Alaska|Unalaska]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]] for [[quarantine]].<ref name=ssroosevelt/> The disease was confined to the ship, with no cases of diphtheria reported among people in the Pribilofs.<ref name=ssroosevelt/>

While ''Roosevelt'' was quarantined at Unalaska, several [[cannery]] vessels carrying workers became stuck in [[pack ice]] in [[Bristol Bay]].<ref name=ssroosevelt/> The ice threatened to sink the vessels and kill many of those aboard them.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> The Navy sent ''Roosevelt'' to render assistance. She was delayed by her quarantine for three days, but departed Unalaska on 27 May 1918.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> She encountered ice as thick as {{convert|16|ft|m}}, but her hull, designed for Peary's expeditions in the Arctic, allowed her to cut through it.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> She saved 21 people who had abandoned the sunken vessel ''Tacoma'' and taken refuge on an [[ice floe]].<ref name=ssroosevelt/> The other 115 passengers from ''Tacoma'' had boarded the vessel ''St. Nicholas'', but ''St. Nicholas'', with over 300 people aboard, was herself within an estimated 12 hours of sinking when ''Roosevelt'' arrived to tow her to safety.<ref name=ssroosevelt/><ref name=grigorep22/> Over the next few weeks she also towed ''Centennial'', carrying 161 persons and probably within a week of sinking,<ref name=ssroosevelt/><ref name=grigorep22/> ''Star of Chile'', with 220 people aboard,<ref name=ssroosevelt/> and two other vessels out of danger.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> As a result, the cannery associations sent letters of appreciation and commendation to ''Roosevelt''{{'}}s captain and crew. ''Roosevelt'' received only minimal damage during the rescue operation.<ref name=ssroosevelt/>

On 17 January 1919, a little over two months after the conclusion of World War I, it was reported that ''Roosevelt'' needed extensive repairs and an overhaul, and the [[Steamboat Inspection Service]] later confirmed it.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> She arrived at [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]] at [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]], Washington, on 21 April 1919, where she was discovered to have [[dry rot]].<ref name=ssroosevelt/> After additional inspections, the cost of repairs was estimated at US$186,000, which the BOF deemed prohibitive.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> ''Roosevelt'' was condemned on 4 June 1919,<ref name=ssroosevelt/> and the Navy transferred her to the BOF on 11 June 1919.<ref name=danfs/><ref name=ssroosevelt/><ref name=navsource/> The BOF moved her to Seattle for auction.<ref name=ssroosevelt/> Her crew remained aboard her long enough to transfer equipment from her to her replacement, {{MV|Eider}}, which the BOF had purchased in the summer of 1919 to serve as its next "Pribilof tender".<ref name=ssroosevelt/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/boats/eider.htm |publisher=AFSC Historical Corner |title=''Eider'', Pribilof Tender and Patrol Vessel |access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> On 15 July 1919, ''Roosevelt'' was sold in an auction at [[Salmon Bay]] Wharf in Seattle for US$28,000 to the high bidder, [[Sea captain|Captain]] M. E. Tallakson.<ref name=danfs/><ref name=ssroosevelt/><ref name=navsource/>