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NOAA History - Tools of the Trade/Ships/C&GS Ships/SIALIA |
 | | Sialia (SP-543), a steam yacht built in 1914 by Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Del., Ex USS SP-543 was acquired by the Navy in June 1917. |
 | | The SIALIA saw a little patrol duty but spent most of the war tied up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and then, from 15 April 1918 to 5 May 1919, she served as flagship in Hampton Roads for Commander Division Four, Cruiser Force, and Newport News Division, Transport Force. |
 | | Possibly named for the genus Sialia, the bluebirds, or as a geophysical reference to the sima (dense mantle material) and sial, the sial (continental material) being less dense floats on top of the sima. |
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