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USS Argus (PY-14)
ex-USC&GS Argus
ex-USS Argus (PY 14)

Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Item - Able

Argus served both the U. S. Navy and the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Patrol Yacht: Built in 1929 as the steel-hulled yacht Haida by Germania Werft, Kiel, Germany; Acquired by the Navy, 25 October 1940; Commissioned USS Argus (PY-14), 13 February 1941; Decommissioned 17 September 1941, and transferred on loan to the Coast and Geodetic Survey; Returned to U.S. Navy custody and recommissioned 16 March 1942; Decommissioned, 15 April 1946; Struck from the Navy list 21 May 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 30 October 1946; Sold in 1946 and renamed Sarina; Sold in 1981 and renamed Rosenkavalier; Sold in 2000 and renamed Haida G. The Haida G has been restored to her original condition and still
in service.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 207' 6"; Beam 30'; Draft 13' 5"; Speed 13.5 kts; Complement 59; Armament, one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount; Propulsion two 800shp Krupp diesel engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Argus (PY 14)
	56k	.	Gunter Krebs
	42k	Bow of Argus in dry dock.	RdM/2 Warren A. Cabral via Todd Cabral
	43k	Stern of Argus in dry dock.	RdM/2 Warren A. Cabral via Todd Cabral
	91k	Endless boredom.	RdM/2 Warren A. Cabral via Todd Cabral
	89k	1 August 1941	Robert Hurst
	70k	c. 1944 Stand off Clipperton Island.	RdM/2 Warren A. Cabral via Todd Cabral
	45k	c. 1944/1945.	RdM/2 Warren A. Cabral via Todd Cabral
	30k	Flag at half mast mourning the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.	RdM/2 Warren A. Cabral via Todd Cabral
	75k	27 June 1945 Invitation to first ship's party (cover).	RdM/2 Warren A. Cabral via Todd Cabral
	94k	27 June 1945 Invitation to first ship's party (inside).	RdM/2 Warren A. Cabral via Todd Cabral
Rosenkavalier
	115k	c. 1998/99 As Rosenkavalier.	Todd Cabral
Haida G
	109k	c. 2004 Haida G at Tulza, Turkey during her refit. Photo by Captain Juergen Mais, Master of Haida G	Jim Rogers
	49k	The bridge of Haida G Photo by Dominik Staeuble, Ocean Cruise.	Todd Cabral
	70k	c. April 2005 Antibes, French Riviera Photo by Captain Dan Küpfer, Ocean Cruise.	Todd Cabral
	45k	c. 2004 Sea trials Photo by Garry Crossley, Electrical Engineer on Haida G	Todd Cabral
	49k	c. 2004 Sea trials Photo by Garry Crossley, Electrical Engineer on Haida G	Todd Cabral
	76k	Main engines. Photo by Dominik Staeuble, Ocean Cruise	Todd Cabral
	67k	Engine Order Telegraph. Photo by Dominik Staeuble, Ocean Cruise	Todd Cabral
	101k	Starboard engine. Photo by Dominik Staeuble, Ocean Cruise	Todd Cabral
	57k	Photo by Bugsy Getleg, Boat International 2005	Captain Dan Küpfer