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NH 102248 USS Sylvia

Photo #: NH 102248 USS Sylvia
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Title: USS Sylvia
Description: (SP-471) In port, during World War I. This motor boat was acquired by the Navy on 15 June 1917 and commissioned on 4 September 1917. She lost her name in early 1918 and became USS SP-471. Stricken on 24 April 1919, she was one of eight section patrol boats destroyed by a hurricane at Key West, Florida, in September 1919, while awaiting sale. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 102248
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