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USS Kanawha II (SP-130)
USS ''Kanawha II'' (SP-130)/USS ''Piqua'' (SP-130) -- was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was placed into service as an escort for Allied convoys traveling across the dangerous North Atlantic Ocean. German U-boats were active in sinking Allied ships, and ''Kanawha II'' (later renamed ''Piqua'') provided a valuable service as a lookout and in one instance attacked one and drove it off. Post-war she was returned to her pre-war owner in July 1919.
==Commissioning into the Navy==
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. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy from her owner, John Borden, April 28, 1917, and commissioned the same day as USS ''Kanawha II'' (SP–130) under the command of her former owner, who had been commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander.
The Roman numeral II was used to avoid confusion with the Navy's replenishment oiler USS ''Kanawha'' (AO-1).
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