Constructed in Bath, Maine
The second ship to be named Harvard by the U.S. Navy, the vessel was a steel yacht, was built as Eleanor' by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, for William Slater in 1894. She was sold to G F Baker and renamed the Wacouta' then leased by the Navy from G. F. Baker, New York, New York, 23 April 1917. Waoouta was renamed Harvard and commissioned 10 May 1917 at New York City, Lt. A. G. Sterling in command. A
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