About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 72. Chapters: USS Artemis, USS Wadena, Kanawha, USS Venetia, USS Isabel, USS Vedette, USS Yacona, USS Margaret, USS Wakiva II, USS Wasp, Steam yacht, USS Oceanographer, SY Gondola, USS Scorpion, USS Mayflower, SS Ellengowan, USS Vixen, Cutty Sark, USS Wenonah, HMS Arpha, USS Lyndonia, USS Utowana, USS Noma, USS Wanderer, USS Opal, SY Aurora, HHS Glasgow, USS Despatch, USS Kanawha II, Amazon, HMS Warrior, Cangarda, USS Lydonia, USS Remlik, Madiz, USS Christabel, USS California, USS Niagara, USS Winchester, USS Wacondah, Fox, USS Mohican, Standart, USS Galatea, USS Nokomis, USS De Grasse, USS Ranger, USS Hornet, USS Aphrodite, USS Harvard, USS Sylph, USS Druid, SS Delphine, HMCS Renard, HMNS Liberty, USS Hiawatha, USS Sovereign, USS Emeline, USS Halcyon II, USS Helenita, USS Florence, RMS Medina, SMY Hohenzollern, USS Alcedo, Nahlin, USS Owera, USS Sultana, USS Orca, USS Corona, Auxiliary Steamship Isabel, USS Felicia, USS Gem, USS Joyance, USS Tacony, USS Zara, USS Chichota, USS Augusta, USS Venture, Rumija, HMY Victoria and Albert III, USS Zoraya, El Horria, USS Viking, USS Rambler, USS Adroit, HMS Trident, USS Actus, Herreshoff Marine Museum, USS Emerald, USS Xarifa, Medea, USS Carola IV, HMY Osborne. Excerpt: USS Artemis (SP-593), later known as USS Arcturus (SP 593) was a yacht acquired by the United States Navy during World War I. Artemis was armed with guns and depth charges, and was sent to Europe as a patrol craft to protect Allied ships from German submarines and other dangers. Post-war she was returned to the United States and turned over to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Later, back in civilian operation, she was burned and sank in 1927. Cristina - a steel-hulled yacht designed by Gielow and Orr, naval architects - was built at Wilmington, Delaware, by Pusey and Jones Co., for Frederick C. Fletcher of Bost...
