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Siren (PY-13)
Siren call sign:
Nan - Charlie - How - Charlie
ex-CMc-1
CMc-1 call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Roger - Sugar
Patrol Yacht: Laid down in 1929 as the steel hulled yacht Lotosland by the Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Del; Purchased by the Navy 16 October 1940 from Col. Edward A. Deeds for $140,000. Lotosland was the first private vessel to be outfitted with a seaplane, in this case a 5-passenger Sikorsky. Converted to a Coastal Minelayer, CMc-1, 31 October 1940 by the General Ship and Engine Works, East Boston, MA; Renamed Siren 12 November 1940; Reclassified as a Patrol Yacht, PY-13, 15 November 1940 and commissioned USS Siren (PY 13); Decommissioned 2 May 1944 at the New York Navy Yard; Placed in service at the Naval Training School (Salvage); Placed out of service, 23 October 1945 at Thompkinsville, NY; Struck from the Navy Register 3 November 1945 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal; Sold, 13 May 1946. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 720 t; Length 196' 5"; Beam 28' 2"; Draft 11'; Speed 12 kts.; Armament two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two .30 cal. machine guns, two dct; Propulsion two 1,000shp Winton 158 diesel engines, two shafts.
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Yacht Lotosland
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Yacht Lotosland, one of the first to carry an airplane. The seaplane was raised and lowered to the sea by a hoist, clearly visible. |
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USS Siren (PY 13)
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