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Jade (PY-17)
Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Fox - How
Jade served the Navies of the United States and Ecuador.
Patrol Yacht: Built in 1926 as the yacht Athero II by George Lawley and Sons, Corp., Neponset, MA; Renamed Caroline and Dr. Brinkley; Acquired by the Navy in December 1940; Converted for Naval service at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Commissioned USS Jade (PY-17), 16 March 1941 at Jacksonville, FL; Decommissioned, 11 February 1943 at Salinas, Ecuador; Transferred to Ecuador under the Lend-Lease Program, 24 March 1943; Returned to U.S. Navy custody 29 January 1944 and recommissioned the same day; Decommissioned, 6 April 1944 at San Francisco, CA; Placed in service, 6 April 1944; Placed out of service, 30 December 1944; Struck from the Navy list 19 January 1945; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 12 January 1946. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 562 t.; Length 171'; Beam 27' 6"; Draft 13'; Speed 14kts; Complement 26; Armament one 3"/50 gun mounts, four .30 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 1,600bhp diesel engines, two shafts.
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