Silvester [SEP] named after
Saint Sylvester's Day
Saint Sylvester's Day, also known as Silvester (also spelled Sylvester, Szilveszter, or Sylwester) or the Feast of Saint Sylvester, is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope of the Western Church from 314 to 335 and is considered by tradition as overseeing both the First Council of Nicaea and Roman Emperor Constantine I's conversion to Christianity. Among the Western Christian Churches, the feast day is held on the anniversary of Saint Sylvester's death, 31
SS Peter Silvester
USS "Peter Silvester", was an American merchant marine ship built for the United States Maritime Commission. "Peter Silvester" was torpedoed and sunk by the off the coast of Australia in the Indian Ocean on February 6, 1945. 33 men aboard the ship died and 142 were eventually rescued, with some rescued weeks after the initial sinking.
History.
The USS "Peter Silvester" was laid down on March 31, 1942 and built by the California Shipbuilding Corp. The ship was named after