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Almandite (PY 24)



Call sign (1944):
Nan - Baker - Love - George
Patrol Yacht:

  • Built in 1927 as the yacht Happy Days by Krupp Iron Works, Kiel, Germany
  • Purchased by the Navy 27 January 1942
  • Renamed Almandite and designated a Patrol Yacht, PY-24, 29 January 1942
  • Commissioned 25 April 1942 at San Francisco, CA
  • Transferred 5 December 1945 to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Decommissioned 22 January 1946 at San Francisco
  • Struck from the Navy list 25 February 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 705 t.
  • Length 185' 4"
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 10' 4"
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Complement 75
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, four .50 cal. machine guns and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two Krupp diesel engines, two shafts.
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    Motor Yacht Happy Days
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    USS Almandite (PY 24)
    Almandite 25k Namesake: Almandine, also known as almandite, is a species of mineral belonging to the garnet group. The name is a corruption of alabandicus, which is the name applied by Pliny the Elder to a stone found or worked at Alabanda, a town in Caria in Asia Minor. Almandine is an iron alumina garnet, of deep red color, inclining to purple. It is frequently cut with a convex face, or en cabochon, and is then known as carbuncle. Viewed through the spectroscope in a strong light, it generally shows three characteristic absorption bands Tommy Trampp>
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