U.S.S. Sylph (1898)

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U.S.S. Sylph (1898)
Hull Number: PY-5
Builder: Delaware River I. W.[1]
Purchased: June 1898[2]
Launched: 1898[3]
Commissioned: 18 August, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 27 April, 1929[5]
Stricken: 29 April, 1929[6]
Sold: 26 November, 1929[7]
Fate: Mercantile
Broken up 1958[8]
U.S.S. Sylph was an armed yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.

Construction

Sylph was purchased from Delaware River Iron Works during construction and converted to an armed yacht.[9]

Service

In 1902 she began serving as a Presidential Yacht alongside Dolphin and Mayflower.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[28]

1898

  • two 6-pounders
  • two 3-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  5. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 178.
  6. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 178.
  7. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 178.
  8. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 178.
  9. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  10. List and Station, July 1899. p. 13.
  11. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 24.
  12. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 30.
  13. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 36.
  14. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 32.
  15. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 26.
  16. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 32.
  17. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 26.
  18. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 32.
  19. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 28.
  20. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 34.
  21. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 30.
  22. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 42.
  23. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 44.
  24. Register of Officers, 1921. pp. 78-79.
  25. Register of Officers, 1923. pp. 64-65.
  26. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 46-47.
  27. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 46-47.
  28. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge.


Armed Yacht U.S.S. Sylph