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Agate (PYc 4)

Agate call sign:
Nan - Able - Love - William

ex-Goldcrest (AM-78)

Goldcrest Class Minesweeper/Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built 1930 as the yacht Armina by the Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ; Renamed Stella Polaris; Acquired by the Navy, 27 October 1940; Began converted to a Minesweeper at George Lawley and Son, Neponset, MA 27 October 1940; Designated AM-78, 2 November 1940; Name changed to Goldcrest 14 November 1940; Minesweeper conversion canceled 23 November 1940; Reconverted to a Coastal Patrol Yacht and completed as Agate (PYc 4), 20 December 1940; Commissioned USS Agate (PYc-4), 31 January 1941; Decommissioned, 29 September 1944 at Philadelphia, PA; Struck from the Navy list 14 October 1944; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3 July 1945 for disposal. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 185 t.; Length 110' 6"; Beam 21'; Draft 8' 6"; Speed 13k; Armament two 3"/23 gun mount and two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion one 600shp Winton diesel engine, one shaft.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Stella Polaris
	161k	Stella Polaris on duty as a race committee vessel, during a New York Yacht Club event. Photo attributed to Edwin Levick, circa 1949-1952.	Jim Rogers
USS Agate (PYc 4)
	136k	14 February 1941	Original photo: Gunter Krebs Replacement photo: Robert Hurst Replacement photo: Ron Titus

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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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