Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Agawam (SP-570) later renamed as the USS Natick (SP-570) was a yacht acquired during World War I by the United States Navy. She was employed by the Navy as a patrol boat in the Great Lakes and was returned to her owner when the war was over. Yacht Agawam was built in England; acquired by the Navy on free lease from Richard T. Crane of Chicago, Illinois on 12 April 1917; renamed Natick and commissioned on 20 October 1917. Natick was assigned as a patrol craft in the 9th Naval District during World War I.