USS St. Sebastian
.jpg) USS St. Sebastian (SP-470) sometime between 1917 and 1919. The patrol boat USS War Bug (SP-1795) is in the left background.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS St. Sebastian |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Captain R. D. Hardee, St. Sebastian , Florida |
| Acquired | 25 June 1917 |
| Commissioned | 9 August 1917 |
| Stricken | 24 April 1919[1] or 4 October 1919[2] |
| Fate | Wrecked 9 September 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat St. Sebastian until June 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Length | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Beam | 12 ft 4 in (3.76 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | 6 |
| Armament |
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USS St. Sebastian (SP-470) was a
patrol vessel
in commission from 1917 to 1919.
St. Sebastian was built as a private
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
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
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Saint Sebastian (SP-470), 1917–1919. Originally the civilian motor boat St. Sebastian.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: St. Sebastian (SP 470)
