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USS Andradite (PYc 11)
ex-USC&GS Guide



Call sign:
Nan - Fox - Baker - Able

Andradite served both the U. S. Navy and the Coast & Geodetic Survey Service.

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1927 as the yacht Comoco by Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan for James E. Whitin of North Ukbridge, MA; Renamed Caronia; Sold to George L. Machris of Los Angeles, CA; Acquired by the Navy; Transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1941 and commissioned USC&GS Guide. Did small amount of survey work in San Francisco Bay area prior to return to Navy. Returned to the Navy 16 March 1942; Commissioned USS Andradite (PYc-11), 18 April 1942; Decommissioned, 19 December 1945; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 22 June 1947; Transferred in 1947 to the Coast and Geodetic Service (Department of Commerce) and renamed Caronia; Sold in 1952 to the North Coast Timber Corp. of San Francisco, CA; Burned at Canton Island (Phoenix Group), Pacific Ocean, 11 July 1956 at position 2° 15' S. Latitude, 171° 43' W. Longitude.

Specifications: Displacement 395 t.; Length 132' 6"; Beam 23' 6"; Draft 9' 4"; Speed 11.7 kts.; Complement 56; Armament one 3"/23 gun mount; Propulsion two 600shp Cooper Bessemer 8-G X-6M R diesel engines, two shafts.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
Caronia
Andradite 58k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Andradite 87k c. May 1936
Newport Harbor, CA
Courtesy of the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum		 Jim Rogers
Andradite 84k c. May 1936
Newport Harbor, CA
Courtesy of the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum		 Jim Rogers
USS Andradite (PYc 11)
Andradite 70k 1 August 1941 Original photo: Gunter Kreb
Replacement photo: Robert Hurst
View the Andradite (PYc-11)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
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