USS Sapphire

USS Sapphire

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS "Sapphire", named after the sapphire, a precious stone of transparent rich blue corundum.

* The first, "Sapphire" (SP-710), was a yacht, commissioned in 1917 and commissioned and returned to her owner in 1918.
* The second, "Sapphire" (PYc-2), was a yacht, acquired by the navy and renamed in 1940 and disposed of in 1946.


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