USS Natoma (SP-666)


USS Natoma was a patrol vessel in commission in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919, seeing service in World War I. After her U.S. Navy service, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as the survey ship USC&GS Natoma from 1919 to 1935.

Construction

Natoma was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1913 at Morris Heights, New York, by Charles Seabury and Sons.

United States Navy service, 1917-1919

The U.S. Navy acquired Natoma from her owner, Richard Howe of New York City, on 4 July 1917 for World War I service and commissioned her on 23 August 1917 as USS Natoma.
Natoma was assigned to section patrol duty in the 3rd Naval District during World War I. After the Armistice with Germany, she was decommissioned

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey service, 1919-1935

The U.S. Navy transferred Natoma to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey on 4 April 1919. She served as a survey ship along both the United States East Coast and the United States West Coast during her years with the Coast and Geodetic Survey. The Survey decommissioned her in 1935.