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Patriot (PYc 47)
ex-PC-455



Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Fox - George


Submarine Chaser/Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1930 as the yacht Katoora by Herreshoff Mfg., Bristol, RI; Acquired by the Navy, 20 September 1940; Converted for Naval service by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Greenport, Long Island, NY; Placed in service as PC-455, 27 February 1941; Reclassified as a Patrol Yacht, coastal and named, Patriot (PYc-47), 16 June 1943; Placed out of service, 28 September 1944 and laid up at Quincy, MA to await delivery to the Maritime Commission; Struck from the Navy Register 14 October 1944; Transferred to the War Shipping Administration, 14 March 1945 and sold to her original owner. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 83 t; Length 96' 6"; Beam 16' 5"; Speed 18k, Armament one 3"/50 gun mount, two machine guns, two depth charge tracks.
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Patriot 109k 13 August 1944
Seen as Patriot (PYc 47)
The 3"/50 mount aft has been removed..		 Original photo: Gunter Krebs
Replacement photo: Robert Hurst
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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
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U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
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Patrol Craft Sailors Association
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