USC&GS Natoma
Natoma in private use prior to her U.S. Navy service. | |
| History | |
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| Name | Natoma |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | Chicago, IL |
| Builder | Gas Engine and Power Company and Charles L. Seabury and Sons, Morris Heights, New York |
| Yard number | 2337 |
| Completed | 1913 |
| Identification | U.S. Official Number 211436 |
| Fate | Sold to U.S. Navy 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motor yacht |
| Tonnage | |
| Length |
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| Beam | 17.1 ft (5.2 m) |
| Depth | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 X 8½ X 10 Speedway gasoline engines, total 330 hp |
| Speed |
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| Crew | 4 |
| History | |
| United States | |
| Name | Natoma |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Cost | acquisition price: $45,000 USD |
| Acquired | 4 July 1917 |
| Commissioned | 23 August 1917 |
| Fate | Transferred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 4 April 1919 |
USC&GS Natoma in 1928. Note U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey flag flying at top of foremast. | |
| United States | |
| Name | Natoma |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | 4 April 1919 |
| Commissioned | 1919 |
| Decommissioned | 1935 |
| General characteristics (as U.S. Navy vessel) | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 112 tons |
| Length |
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| Beam | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) mean |
| Propulsion | same as yacht |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Range | 850 nmi (980 mi; 1,570 km) |
| Complement | 49 |
| Armament |
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| General characteristics (as U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey vessel) | |
| Type | Survey ship |
| Displacement | 112 tons |
| Length | 120 ft (37 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots |
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USC&GS Natoma was built as the private motorboat Natoma in 1913 for Charles H. Foster, President of the Cadillac Motor Car Company of Chicago. In 1917 the United States Navy acquired the boat for use in World War I. The vessel was commissioned USS Natoma for Section Patrol duties and designated SP-666. Natoma spent the war years patrolling New York harbor and approaches. On 9 April 1919 the boat was transferred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey surveying on both coasts until 1935.