USS St. Sebastian

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USS St. Sebastian (SP-470).jpg
USS St. Sebastian (SP-470) sometime between 1917 and 1919. The patrol boat USS War Bug (SP-1795) is in the left background.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS St. Sebastian
NamesakePrevious name retained
Builder Captain R. D. Hardee, St. Sebastian, Florida
Acquired25 June 1917
Commissioned9 August 1917
Stricken24 April 1919 [1] or 4 October 1919 [2]
FateWrecked 9 September 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat St. Sebastian until June 1917
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Length50 ft (15 m)
Beam12 ft 4 in (3.76 m)
Draft3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Speed10 knots
Complement6
Armament

USS St. Sebastian (SP-470) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

St. Sebastian was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Captain R. D. Hardee at St. Sebastian, Florida. On 25 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, J. W. Taylor of Marathon, Florida, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS St. Sebastian (SP-470) on 9 August 1917.

St. Sebastian operated on patrol duty in Florida waters for the rest of World War I and into early 1919. She was out of commission and awaiting sale when she became one of several section patrol boats destroyed at Key West, Florida, on 9 September 1919 by the Florida Keys Hurricane.

Sources vary as to when St. Sebastian was stricken from the Navy List. It may have occurred on 24 April 1919 [1] in advance of her being put up for sale or on 4 October 1919 [2] after her destruction.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/sp470.htm.
  2. 1 2 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Shipsat http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s17/st_sebastian.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170470.htm.

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