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The second USS ''Sylvia'' (SP-471), later USS ''SP-471'', was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. ''Sylvia'' was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Sam Williams at Marco, Florida. On 6 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, J. Alwood of Winter Haven, Florida, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS ''Sylvia'' (SP-471) on 4 September 1917. Assigned to the 7th Naval District, ''Sylvia'' operated on patrol duty in Florida waters for the rest of World War I and into early 1919. On 11 April 1918 her name was changed to USS ''SP-471'' to avoid confusion with the first , a patrol yacht which also was in commission at the time. ''SP-471'' was out of commission and awaiting sale when she became one of eight section patrol boats destroyed at North Beach Basin at Key West, Florida, on 9 September 1919 by the 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane. Anchored in the basin when the hurricane struck, she was beaten to pieces against the basins wall and completely wrecked. Sources vary as to when ''SP-471'' was stricken from the Navy List. It may have occurred on 24 April 1919〔Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/sp471.htm.〕 in advance of her being put up for sale or on 4 October 1919〔''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s21/sylvia-ii.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170471.htm.〕 after her destruction. ==Notes== 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 Sylvia (SP-471)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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