The U.S. Navy gave the Sachem to Thomas Edison to develop a way to destroy enemy submarines. he used it to conduct experiments in New York Harbor, then sailed it to Key West and the Caribbean.. Sadly, Edison did not get along well with the Navy, who he said "pigeon-holed" every invention he came up with through experimentation.
After World War I the Sachem had many owners and eventually became a recreational fishing vessel in Brooklyn, New York in 1932 after being bought very cheaply during the Great Depression. The new owners charged $2 to board it to party or to fish.
During World War II the Navy reacquired it and commissioned it as the USS Phenakite (PYC-25) in July 1942. Its duty included training and patrol. During the day, sailors trained aboard it and at night it patrolled off Key West.
Eventually it was assigned to guarding Long Island Sound in New York It was returned to Captain Martin after the war and its name returned to Scahem.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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