The James Lee (2nd) was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1898. Her dimensions were 204 x 36 x 5 feet. She ran in the Memphis and Friar's Point trade; Captain John H, Darragh, commanding. She was eventually converted into an excursion boat at Memphis and renamed the DeSoto about 1917. She sunk at Memphis after the 1918 ice gorge wrecked her along with the Georgia Lee.