High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Wenonah (SP-165/PY-11) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was configured by the Navy as an armed patrol craft and was assigned to protect North Atlantic Ocean ships from German submarines. Post-war she was transferred to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey where she acquired the name USC GS Wenonah. When returned to the Navy, the ship was designated USS Wenonah (PY-11) and remained mostly idle until sold in 1929.