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Vamarie (IX-47)


International Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Miscellaneous Unclassified - Ketch-rigged Ocean racing Yacht:
  • Built in 1933 as the ketch-rigged ocean racing yacht Vamarie at Kbeking and Rasmussen, Bremem, Germany
  • Donated to the US Navy, 11 November 1936
  • Vamarie served as the Navy racing yacht assigned to the Naval Academy
  • Placed in service, as Vamarie (IX-47), 10 November 1944
  • Vamarie was pummeled onto the Naval Academy seawall during Hurricane Hazel in the fall of 1954
  • Authorized for disposal and placed out of service, 24 February 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 22 June 1955
  • Final Disposition, broken up in December 1955 for scrap
    Specifications:
    Displacement 45 t. (gross)
    Length 72'
    Beam 15' 3"
    Draft 10' 3"
    Speed unknown
    Complement 14
    Propulsion sail
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    Vamarie 4k The wishbone ketch Vamarie (IX-47) underway while in service at the US Naval Academy, date and location unknown. .
    Vamarie (IX-47)
    DANFS     history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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