The USS Wanderlust (SP-923) was a wooden-hulled screw launch constructed in 1907 by George Lawley & Son of Neponset, Massachusetts. Originally named Faalua, she was designed by F. D. Lawley for owner George G. Peters of Boston. Over the years, she changed ownership to Sherburn M. Becker and later E. J. Steiner of New York City, who in 1913 renamed her Wanderlust. As a naval vessel, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy on August 26, 1917, amid World War I, and commissioned at Charleston Navy Yard on September 12, 1917. She was designated SP-923 and served primarily on section patrol duties within the 6th Naval District. Her service involved patrolling ports such as Parris Island, Port Royal, Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville. Wanderlust's patrols primarily aimed to inspect fishing vessels for proper navigational equipment and licensing, ensuring maritime security during wartime. Wanderlust's operational history indicates that she experienced mechanical challenges, requiring repairs to her temperamental engines during her early service. She conducted night harbor patrols at Brunswick, Georgia, from April 1918 into late autumn. Her deck logs end on September 30, 1918, at Brunswick, but she was still listed as active in the naval records as of November 1918, suggesting she likely ceased patrol duties shortly after the armistice on November 11, 1918. She was probably placed in reserve or used for dispatch services until she was officially struck from the Navy List on February 2, 1919. After her naval service, Wanderlust returned to private ownership, maintaining her name into the 1920s. Her subsequent owners included Irving E. Raymond, Mrs. Marguerite Park, and William Sternfeld, who renamed her Diana in 1927. By the early 1930s, she had disappeared from maritime records, likely leaving service during that period. The vessel's history reflects her transition from private leisure craft to wartime patrol vessel and back to civilian use, embodying the versatile utility of early 20th-century wooden yachts.

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