Constructed in Massachusetts
The first ship to be so named by the U.S. Navy, Wenonah (SP-165) -- a steam yacht built in 1915 at Neponset, Massachusetts, by George Lawley & Sons—was acquired by the Navy from Mr. Walter G. Ladd on 8 June 1917; converted for naval service; and commissioned on 22 October 1917, Lt. Henry G. Fuller, NNV, temporarily in command.
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