USS Impetuous (PYc-46) was a private yacht purchased by the Navy in August 1940 that served as a patrol boat of the United States Navy in Central America. The yacht was built as Paragon, the first of at least two Davol yachts to bear the name, in 1915 for Charles J. Davol of Providence, Rhode Island. In 1916 Davol sold the yacht to John Fred Betz, 3d of Philadelphia who renamed the yacht Sybilla III which served as the Section Patrol yacht USS Sybilla III (SP-104) from May 1917 to December 1918. Sybilla III remained in Betz's ownership until sale in 1935 to R. Livingston Sullivan of Philadelphia who renamed the yacht Arlis. On 12 August 1940 the Navy purchased the yacht placing it in commission as USS PC-454 on 16 October. The vessel was given the name Impetuous and reclassified PYc-46 on 15 July 1943. The yacht was decommissioned at Philadelphia 31 August 1944 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration for sale. Yacht Paragon Paragon was built for Charles J. Davol of Providence, Rhode Island in 1915 by Robert Jacob Inc., City Island, New York City. The yacht was designed by Swasey, Raymond & Page, Boston, somewhat along the lines of the U.S. Navy torpedo destroyers. Davol was president and treasurer of the Davol Rubber Company. He maintained moorings for his yachts near his North Kingstown, Rhode Island estate "Wildacres" which composed most of Quonset Point. He was a member of seven yacht clubs. The yacht had two 200 horsepower six cylinder gasoline engines with bore and stroke. In keeping with its naval look there was a polished and enameled functional quick firing gun mounted aft. Paragon was registered "during the week ending April 24, 1915" as a gas powered yacht at Providence, R. I. with U.S. Official Number 213128, signal LFJB, , , registry length of , beam and depth of . Additional dimensions are listed in Lloyd's Register of American Yachts 1917 for the yacht after sale and rename as length overall , length on waterline , extreme breadth , depth and draft of . Yacht Sybilla III By December 1916 the yacht had been sold to John Fred Betz, 3d who owned a slightly smaller, , yacht named Sybilla II. Paragon was renamed by Betz Sybilla III registered in Philadelphia. The sale had been negotiated by the naval architectural firm Gielow & Orr during a