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''Admiral'' was a wooden-hulled motorboat built by Adams, of Boothbay, Maine, in 1913—was acquired by the US Navy from the Governor of the state of Maine on 1 May 1917 for section patrol duty in the 1st Naval District. Assigned the classification SP-541, ''Admiral'' was placed in commission on 31 May 1917. Regarded as an "excellent seagoing design" of "very heavy construction," and "perfectly sound," ''Admiral'' performed "especially good service ... in Boothbay Harbor . . . breaking ice and keeping the harbor clear" during her winter operations. The sketchy records that are extant for this craft show very little of the character of her operations, but do indicate that she continued patrol duties until well after the armistice of November 1918. Transferred to the Coast Guard on 21 April 1919, ''Admiral'' was taken over by that service at Boston, that June, and stationed at Portsmouth, NH She was renamed ''Leader'' on 16 December 1919 in Coast Guard Circular Letter No. 118, but she did not serve long under that name; for, on 2 April 1920, her gasoline tank exploded, and the resultant fire totally destroyed the boat. ==References== * *(NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive USCGC Leader ex-USS Admiral (SP 541) ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Admiral (SP-541)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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