William A. Lydon (November 9, 1863 – October 28, 1918), with Fred C. Drews, founded the

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in Chicago in 1890. He died on October 28, 1918, in

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. He was Commodore of the Chicago Yacht Club, building in 1909 the 244 ton ''Lydonia'' and in 1911 contracting again with

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, 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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