USS Sylph (PY-12)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Sylph.

USS Sylph (PY-12), steaming down the Patomac River. The Washington skyline can be seen in the background.U.S. Navy photo 80-G-1017145
USS Sylph (PY-12), steaming down the Potomac River. The Washington skyline can be seen in the background.
History
United States
Name
  • Intrepid (1929–1940)
  • Sylph (1940–1946)
NamesakeSylph
BuilderGeorge Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed1929
Acquired16 July 1940
Commissioned19 July 1940
Decommissioned19 December 1945
RenamedSylph, 19 July 1940
ReclassifiedPatrol Yacht, PY-12, 19 July 1940
Stricken8 January 1946
Identification
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Type
  • Yacht 1929–1940
  • Patrol Yacht 1940–1946
Displacement810 long tons (823 t)
Length205 ft 3 in (62.56 m)
Beam33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
Draft16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × screw
Sail planBarquentine (removed 1940)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement88
Armament

USS Sylph (PY-12), briefly YP-71, was a yacht in commission in the United States Navy as a patrol yacht from 1940 to 1946.