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Dwyn Wen (IX-58)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - November - Foxtrot
NDNF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


Auxiliary Schooner:
  • Designed by Alexander Richardson
  • Build in 1906 by Philip and Son, Dartmouth, UK, for Alex Richardson
  • Launched, 12 May 1906
  • Construction, composite (wood with steel frames)
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1942 for $20,000
  • Placed in service as Dwyn Wen (IX-58), 19 February 1942
  • Assigned to Commander Western Sea Frontier
  • Placed out of service, 1 April 1943
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 18 July 1944
  • Returned to the owner in Los Angeles on January 3, 1945.
  • Registered in 1945 by James K. Baird, Seattle, WA. as yacht Dwyn Wen
  • Registered in 1946 by Harry C. and Joseph S. O’Hanlon, Seattle, WA. as yacht Dwyn Wen
  • Registered in 1948 by Hallie C. O’Hanlon, Seahurst, WA. as yacht Dwyn Wen homeport, Seattle, WA.
  • Out of documentation in 1951, operated by William Kyle Pratt of Redlands, CA. as yacht Dwyn Wen homeport, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Operated in 1958 Ted C. Kistner, San Marino, CA. as yacht Dwyn Wen homeport, San Pedro, CA.
  • Registered in 1960 by Byron J. Walters, Idyllwild, CA. as yacht Dwyn Wen homeport, Los Angeles, CA.
  • In 1963 loaned/charted to University of California for an oceanographic expedition in the South Pacific
  • Registered in 1968 by Lenard Harold Parsons, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands as yacht Dwyn Wen
  • Operated as a charter yacht in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean as of 2004 Out of documentation in 1970.
  • Final Disposition, sunk in January 2014, at Moyotte Harbor Comoros Islands
    Specifications:
    Length 106'
    Beam 20' Propulsion
    two pole masts and sails
    Auxiliary Machinery
    one 65hp Gardner engine
    one Hale-Shaw clutch
    one Meissner feathering propeller
    one auxiliary diesel engine
    electric windless

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    Yacht Dwyn Wen
    Dwyn Wen 106k Dwyn Wen launching, 12 May 1906, at Philip and Son, Dartmouth, UK. Jim Rogers
    Dwyn Wen 231k Burton family aboard their yacht Dwyn Wen off Ryde, Isle of Wight, 9 July 1912. Chris Barton
    Dwyn Wen 349k Dwyn Wen under sail, date and location unknown Chris Barton
    Dwyn Wen 93k The schooner yacht Dwyn Wen during the 1930s after her rig was modified from the original gaff schooner rig.
    Photo, courtesy Shipscribe.com
    Robert Hurst
    Dwyn Wen 86k Dwyn Wen under way off the coast of Southern California, owner, Eugene "Fritz" Overton, circa 1930s. D. Peterson
    Dwyn Wen 108k Dwyn Wen under way off the coast of Southern California, owner, Eugene "Fritz" Overton, circa 1930s. Jim Rogers
    Dwyn Wen 61k Dwyn Wen at anchor off Catalina Island, CA., owner, Eugene "Fritz" Overton, circa 1930s. Jim Rogers
    Dwyn Wen 64k The schooner yacht Dwyn Wen under way in the Seattle area just, circa 1946. Note that the main boom and perhaps the masts are somewhat shorter than they were before the war, possibly the result of Navy modifications.
    Photo, courtesy Shipscribe.com
    Robert Hurst

    Dwyn Wen (IX-58)
    While in Naval service, circa 1942-1943
    Contributed by Kathy Hawthorne
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    Dwyn Wen (IX-58)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Fotos de The Schooner Dwyn Wen

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