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Mizpah (PY-29)



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Roger - Tare
Patrol Yacht: Laid down in 1926 as the yacht Savarona by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., Newport News, VA for Mrs. Richard M. Cadwalader of Fort Washington, PA; Acquired in 1927 by Richard M. Cadwalader, Jr. of Fort Washington and renamed Sequoia; Sold to Eugene F. McDonald of Philadelphia, PA and renamed Allegro; Renamed Mizpah in 1929; Acquired by the Navy, 16 March 1942; Converted at Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc; Commissioned USS Mizpah (PY-29), 26 October 1942; Decommissioned, 15 January 1946; Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 25 September 1946; Sold to a private owner in September 1946. Mizpah along with USS PC-1174 were scuttled 9 April 1968 as part of an artificial reef off Palm Beach, FL. Actions of the Gulf Stream and hurricanes have taken their toll. Mizpah's hull has collapsed and both ships have been scattered over a wide area.

Specifications: Displacement 607 t; Length 181'; Beam 27'; Draft 10' 7"; Speed 13.9kts; Complement 8062; Armament two 3"/50 cal. dual purpose gun mounts, three .50 cal. machine guns, two dct, two dcp; Propulsion two 850shp Winton diesel engines, two shafts

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Yacht Mizpah
Mizpah 68k - Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Mizpah 226k Inscription in top right corner from Mizpah's previous owner reads: "To the new skipper of the Mizpah from the old skipper." s/ E. F. McDonald, Jr.
From the collection of LCDR Stephen Morgan Etnier, USNR, Commanding Officer, World War II		 Original photo: Jim Rogers
Replacement photo: John Etnier
Mizpah (PY 29)
Mizpah 286k During conversion
From the collection of LCDR Stephen Morgan Etnier, USNR, Commanding Officer, World War II		 John Etnier
Mizpah 236k On trial run
From the collection of LCDR Stephen Morgan Etnier, USNR, Commanding Officer, World War II		 John Etnier
USS Mizpah (PY 29)
Mizpah 472k LT Stephen Morgan Etnier, first Commanding Officer
Photo by Peter Juley and Sons, NYC
From the collection of LCDR Stephen Morgan Etnier, USNR, Commanding Officer, World War II		 John Etnier
Mizpah 487k Commissioning ceremony
From the collection of LCDR Stephen Morgan Etnier, USNR, Commanding Officer, World War II		 John Etnier
Mizpah 306k Crew photo
From the collection of LCDR Stephen Morgan Etnier, USNR, Commanding Officer, World War II		 John Etnier
Mizpah 292k Crew photo
From the collection of LCDR Stephen Morgan Etnier, USNR, Commanding Officer, World War II		 John Etnier
Mizpah 29k - -
Mizpah 68k c. 1943
U.S. Navy photo		 Joe Radigan
Mizpah 220k c. 1946
LT David D. Bloom (photo as an Ensign), last Commanding Officer		 Dick Bloom
Yacht Mizpah
Mizpah 116k c. April 1968
Sinking off Palm Beach, FL		 Jim Rogers
View the Mizpah (PY-29)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact and Reunion Information
Contact: LT and Mrs. D. Dudley Bloom, USN, Ret.
Address: c/o Richard B. Bloom or John Etnier
Phone:  
E-mail: chipofftheoldblock@comcast.net (Richard Bloom)
etnier@studiodual.com (John Etnier) 
Web site:  
Remarks: Interested in capturing the past? E-mail Richard B. Bloom or John Etnier at the above e-mail addresses 
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