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Noma (SP 131)

Patrol Yacht: Built in 1902 by the Burlee Dry Dock Co., Staten Island, NY; Acquired by the Navy 10 May 1917 and commissioned the same day; Returned to her owner, Vincent Astor of New York City, 15 July 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,250 t.; Length 262' 6"; Beam 28' 6"; Draft 15' 6"; Speed 19 kts.; Complement 80; Armament four 3" and four machine guns.

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Steam Yacht Noma
Noma 104k . Jim Rogers
Noma 103k At anchor, prior to her World War I era Naval service.
U.S. Navy photo NH 89411		 Naval Historical Center
Noma 101k At anchor, prior to her World War I era Naval service.
U.S. Navy photo NH 89412		 Naval Historical Center
Noma 104k Drydocked at the Union Iron Works shipyard, San Francisco, California, in 1915.
Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1969.
U.S. Navy photo NH 69814		 Naval Historical Center
USS Noma (SP 131)
Noma 113k Photographed circa 1917-1918, probably in French waters, with the sails of another vessel visible in the background, between her smokestacks. She was commanded at the time by Lieutenant Commander Lamar R. Leahy, USN.
U.S. Navy photo NH 60294		 Naval Historical Center
Noma 105k Off the Sultan's palace, Constantinople, Turkey, circa February-May 1919.
Photographed by Zimmer.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44870		 Naval Historical Center
Noma 243k Artwork by J.W. Burbank, depicting the ship underway. The star on her forward smokestack represents a German U-Boat claimed sunk during World War I.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44871		 Naval Historical Center
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