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USCGC Amethyst (WPYc 3)
ex-USS Amethyst (PYc-3)



Call sign:
November - Charlie - Delta - Delta

Amethyst served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1931 as the yacht Samona II by the Craig Shipbuilding Co., Long Beach, CA; Acquired by the Navy 4 November 1940; Commissioned USS Amethyst (PYc-3), 27 February 1941; Decommissioned, 2 February 1944; Transferred to the Coast Guard 10 March 1944 and recommissioned USCGC Amethyst (WPYc 3). Stationed at Mare Island and used on patrol, plane guard and weather patrol. Decommissioned, 27 February 1946; Struck from the Navy list 12 March 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 11 September 1946 for disposal; Sold to Samuel K. Rindge, Los Angeles and resumed the name Samona II; Sold in 1950 to David P. Hamilton, Shreveport, LA and renamed Pudlo; Sold in 1962 to Charles Y. Martin, Houston, TX and renamed Explorer; As of 2000, she was still reported to be in use along the Gulf Coast. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 525 t.; Length 147'; Beam 23' 10"; Draft 11'; Speed 14.5k; Complement 53; Armament one 40mm gun mount (replaced by one 3"/50 in 1944); Propulsion two 1,000shp Winton 158-6 diesel engines, two shafts.

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Yacht Samona II
Amethyst 107k Samona II
Newport Harbor Nautical Museum photo		 Jim Rogers
USS Amethyst (PYc 3)
Amethyst 38k c. 1943 Joe Radigan
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