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

  • The second Argus was built in 1929 as Haida by Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany
  • Acquired by the Navy 25 October 1940
  • Renamed Argus and designated as a Patrol Yacht, PY-14, 14 November 1940
  • Commissioned USS Argus (PY 14), 13 February 1941
  • Decommissioned 17 September 1941, transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey and renamed USC&GS Pioneer
  • Returned to the Navy 16 March 1942
  • Recommissioned USS Argus (PY 14), 18 April 1942 at San Francisco, CA
  • Decommissioned 15 April 1946 at San Francisco
  • Struck from the Navy list 21 May 1946
  • Transferred 30 October 1946 to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Sold in 1946 to Egyptian cotton magnete, Murice Ada and renamed Sarina
  • Sold in 1981 to a Greek owner and renamed Rosenkavalier
  • Sold in 1999 and renamed Haida G
  • Renamed Dona Amélia in August 2011
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 859 t.
  • Length 207' 6"
  • Beam 30'
  • Draft 12'
  • Speed 14.5 kts.
  • Complement 59
  • Armament: One 3" mount, four .50 cal. machine guns, one depth charge projector Y-Gun and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 750hp Krupp diesel engines, two shafts.
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    Haida
    Haida 74k c. 1920's
    USS Argus (PY 14)
    Haida 175k Namesake: Argus Panoptes (All-seeing) Argos is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. The figure is known for having generated the saying "the eyes of Argus", as in to be "followed by", "trailed by", "watched by", et cetera, the eyes; the saying is used to describe being subject to strict scrutiny in one's actions to an invasive, distressing degree. Drawing of an image from a 5th-century BC Athenian red figure vase depicting Hermes slaying the giant Argus Panoptes. Note the eyes covering Argus' body Tommy Trampp
    Argus 80k
    USC&GS Pioneer
    Argus/Pioneer 99k Original photo: c. 1941
    Replacement photo: c. 1941
    San Francisco, CA    		 Original photo: NOAA History website
    Replacement photo: David Wright
    Photo added 19 December 2019
    USS Argus (PY 14)
    Argus 80k
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    Argus 23k 27 June 1945
    Invitation to Argus' First Ship's Party    		 .
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    MY Rosenkavalier
    Argus/Rosenkavalier 23k . .
    Argus/Rosenkavalier 23k
    MY Haida G
    Argus/Haida G 23k . .
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    Argus/Haida G 23k Engine room .
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    Argus/Haida G 23k

    Crew photos from the collection of RdM/2 Warren A. Cabral, Crewmember USS Argus (PY 14)
    Contributed by Todd Cabral
    (If you know the identity of any of these crew members, please send an email with their names)
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    21. 30 October 1944
    Survivors from the SS John A. Johnson being picked up.
    She was torpedoed the day before by the Japanese submarine I-12

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    24. 30 October 1944

    25. 3 November 1944
    Treasure Island, CA
    Offloading survivors

    26. 3 November 1944
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR Harold Haskell Connelley, USN - USNA Class of 192313 February 1941 - May 1942
    02LCDR Herbert Nash, USNRMay 1942 - 20 March 1943
    03LT Robert M. Saylor, USNR20 March 1943 - December 1943
    04LT Marvin W. Feddersen, USNRDecember 1943 - May 1944
    05LT Stanley L. Barr, USNRMay 1944 - September 1945
    06LT William W. Hogben, USNRSeptember 1945 - March 1946
    07LTJG Arthur I. Jaffee, USNRMarch 1946 - 15 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
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