Constructed in New York
USS Kanawha II was built as the yacht Kanawha by Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York, in 1898; acquired by the U.S. Navy, from her owner, John Borden, 28 April 1917; and commissioned the same day as USS Kanawha II -- to avoid confusion with the U.S. Navy replenishment oiler USS Kanawha (AO-1) - with the designation SP–130, Lieutenant Commander John Borden in command.
Kanawha II was renamed Piqua -- the first U.S. Navy ship to carry that name—in March 1918, probably to avoid message confusion with the oiler Kanawha (AO-1).
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