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Patrol Yacht: Built in 1896 as the yacht Ogden Goelet by J. and O. Thompson, Clydebank, Scotland ; Purchased by the Navy in 1898; Commissioned USS Mayflower 24 March 1898 at the New York Navy Yard ; Decommissioned 1 November 1904; Converted to a Presidential Yacht and recommissioned 25 July 1905; Designated a Patrol Yacht, PY-1, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned 22 March 1929; Sold 19 October 1931 to Leo P. Coe, an agent for Frank P. Parish; Sold to Broadfoot Iron Works of Wilmington, NC; Purchased by the War Shipping Administration 31 July 1942 and renamed Butte; Transferred to the Coast Guard 6 September 1943; Commissioned USCGC Mayflower (WPG-183), 19 October 1943;[/right] Decommissioned 1 July 1946; Returned to the War Shipping Administration for disposal; Sold 8 January 1947 to Frank M. Shaw of Baltimore, MD for use as an Arctic seal catcher; Resold in 1948 to Collins Distributer's Inc under Panamanian registration as Malla an Aliyah Bet ship; Fitted out for coastal trade at Genoa, Italy; Carried Jewish refugees from the ill-fated Exodus to Haifa, Palestine. Fate unknown.