USS Noma

USS Noma (SP-131)
History
United States
Name	1902–c. 1927 Noma c. 1927–1933 Vega
Owner	1902–1911 William Bateman Leeds 1911–1912 John Jacob Astor IV 1912–1919 Vincent Astor 1919-c. 1927 Rodman Wanamaker c. 1927-1933 Nelson B Warden
Port of registry	New York
Builder	Burlee Dry Dock Company of Staten Island, New York
Yard number	235
Launched	11 February 1902
History
United States
Name	USS Noma
Acquired	May 1917
Commissioned	10 May 1917
Decommissioned	mid-July 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 15 July 1919
History
Italy
Name	Salvatore Primo
Owner	1933–1940 Unione Italiana di Salvataggio, Trieste 1940–1943 Italian Navy
Port of registry	Trieste
Acquired	1933
Fate	Sunk by aircraft torpedo 21 June 1943
General characteristics
Type	Yacht
Tonnage	763 GRT
Displacement	1250 tons
Length	262 ft 6 in (80.01 m)
Beam	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Draft	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power	Two triple expansion steam engines
Propulsion	Twin screws
Speed	19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	80
Armament	Four 3” guns Four machine guns

USS Noma (SP-131) was the private steam yacht Noma, built in 1902 on Staten Island and loaned to the U.S. Navy during World War I as a patrol craft assigned to protect shipping from German submarines. At war’s end she served the American Relief Commission in Constantinople and the Black Sea before being returned to her owner after decommissioning. In the 1930s she was converted to a salvage tug, owned in Italy as Salvatore Primo, and torpedoed during World War II.