June 14, 1917 A little over two months after the United States entered World War I on the side of the Allied Powers, the steam yacht Legonia II was commissioned in Baltimore for service in the U.S. Navy. This vessel had been purchased only eight days earlier from William B. Hurst, a prominent Baltimore resident. … Continue reading 1917: The Commissioning of “One of the Finest Yachts on the Chesapeake” for Wartime Service in the U.S. Navy