Some ships have many lives, like Eleanor, BIW Hull #9, which was launched on May 7, 1894. The three-masted, steam-powered bark was the largest American yacht, with a crew of 32 sailors and seven officers. In 1900, the businessman who had it built, sold it and it was renamed Wacouta. In 1917, it was donated to the U.S. for use in World War 1, renamed Harvard, and used as convoy escort and coastal patrol. After the war it was renamed Athinia and served as a passenger steamer between Greece and Italy. German aircraft sank it on April 22, 1941 during the Nazi invasion of Greece in World War II.
