William A. Lydon
He was Commodore of the Chicago Yacht Club , building in 1909 the 244 ton "Lydonia" and in 1911 contracting again with Pusey and Jones , Wilmington , Delaware for the second , 497 ton yacht "Lydonia II" , described as the finest yacht on the Great Lakes , acquired by the Navy 21 August 1917 and commissioned as the USS "Lydonia" ( SP-700 ) . 
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