A Fine Little Vessel

Industrialist John N. Willys' yacht Isabel was on the ways at Bath (Maine) Iron Works when she attracted the Navy's attention as America entered World War I. Captain Ashley H. Robertson of the Boston Navy Yard deemed her "exceedingly desirable for patrol duty," adding that the vessel had "many of the characteristics of a torpedo destroyer."

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