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The first Nokomis, a yacht built as Nokomis II by Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Del. in 1914, was purchased by the Navy from Horace E. Dodge, Detroit, Mich. 1 June 1917 renamed Nokomis 19 November 1917; and commissioned Philadelphia 3 December 1917. Fitted out at Philadelphia, Nokomis sailed for Bermuda 19 December with a French submarine chaser in tow. She departed Bermuda for Brest 8 January 1918, stopping enroute at the Azores and Leixões, Portugal. Operating with the U.S. Patrol Squadron for the remainder of the war, she helped protect American troop transports approaching the coast of France. Terminating this duty in 1919, Nokomis returned to the United States in August. Reclassified PY-6 in 1920 the yacht decommissioned at New York 25 February 1921. Outfitted as a tender for the Naval Governor of Santo Domingo in June 1921, she did not assume this duty, but conducted surveys in Mexican and Caribbean waters under direction of the Hydrographic Office. Returning to Norfolk 24 September 1934, Nokomis decommissioned 15 February 1938 and was struck from the Naval Register 25 May 1938.
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