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Onyx (PYc-5)



Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Fox - George
Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1924 as the yacht Janey III by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY; Renamed Rene and Pegasus; Acquired by the Navy 3 December 1940; Commissioned USS Onyx (PYc-5), 27 February 1941; Decommissioned 15 May 1944 and placed in service as a target vessel; Placed out of service, 1 February 1945; Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 2 February 1945; Struck from the Navy Register 8 February 1945. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 190 t.; Length 118' 7"; Beam 21' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 12k; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount, six .30 cal. machine guns and two depth charge tracks; Propulsion one 720bhp diesel engine, one shaft.

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