USS Raven III (SP-103)
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.