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USS ''Raven III'' (SP-103), later USS ''SP-103'', was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. ''Raven III'' was built as a civilian motorboat in 1916 at by the Purdy Boat Company at Miami, Florida. The U.S. Navy purchased her from Purdy on 14 June 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I. Purdy delivered ''Raven III'' to the Navy on 28 June 1917, and she was commissioned on 5 October 1917 at Key West, Florida, as USS ''Raven III'' (SP-103) with Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Gordon Stanford, USNRF, in command. Soon after commissioning, ''Raven III'' was renamed USS ''SP-103'' and attached to Section 4 of the 7th Naval Districts coast defense force as a patrol craft working with the training facility at Key West. ''SP-103'' sank accidentally on 12 September 1919. She was raised and later sold to Stewart McDonald of the Moon Motor Car Company of St. Louis, Missouri. ==References== * *(NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: SP-103 ex-Raven III (SP 103) ) 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 Raven III (SP-103)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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