VSS Nokomis 



BuUt by Pusey and Jones of Wilmington in 1917 as the 243-foot 

 steam yacht Kwaswind for Horace E. Dodge. Purchased by the 

 Navy that same year for $510,000. From 1919 to 1934 she was 

 assigned surveying duty in Mexican and Caribbean waters. 



USS Niagara 



A private steam yacht built in 1898 by Harlan and Hollingsworth 

 of Wilmington. She was purchased by the Navy in 1917, 

 converted to an armed patrol yacht, and placed in commission 

 the following year. Between 1924 and 1930 Niagara was engaged 

 in surveying duty in Caribbean waters. Decommissioned in 1930, 

 she was sold for scrap the following year. 



Length: 250' Displacement: 2,600 tons 



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