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Aquamarine (PYc 7)



Call sign:
November - Bravo - Echo - Xray

Patrol Yacht: Built 1926 as the yacht Vasanta by Pusey and Jones Corp., Wilmington, DE for John H. French of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI; Renamed Clader; Sold to Robert H. Wolfe of Columbus, OH in 1940 and renamed Seawolf; Acquired by the Navy 13 January 1941; Placed in service 14 January 1941; Commissioned USS Aquamarine (PYc-7), 9 March 1941; Decommissioned, 21 June 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 31 January 1947; Sold back to Robert H. Wolfe of Columbus in 1947 and renamed Seawolf; Sold in 1955 to Ennolls A. Stephens of Irvington, VA and renamed Miss Ann; Sold in 1970 to Robert L. Stephens of Irvington; Sold to The Tides Inn Inc. of Irvington. The Miss Ann is still operational and is used for dinner cruises at The Tides Inn of Irvington.

Specifications: Displacement 215 t.; Length 124'; Beam 20' 6"; Speed 12k; Complement 36; Armament two 3"/23 gun mounts; Propulsion two Union diesel engines, two shafts.


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Seawolf
Aquamarine 76k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Miss Ann
Aquamarine 14k c. 2004
Miss Ann
The Tides Inn
Irvington, VA

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