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Jasper (PYc-13)

Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Roger - Charlie

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built 1938 as Stranger by the Lake Union Dry Dock Co., Seattle, WA; Acquired by the Navy 1 July 1941; Placed in service as USS Jasper (PYc-13), 8 July 1941 at San Diego, CA; Placed out of service 14 August 1947 at San Diego; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal in June 1948; Donated to the Scripps Instituition of Oceanography 22 April 1955 by N. A. Kessler; Renamed Stranger; Sold 9 March 1965 to Charles H. Briley of Newport Beach, CA; Later in use by the Teledyne Corporation; Operated as the cruise ship Explorer in 1976. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 395 t.; Length 134' ; Beam 23' 10"; Draft 16' 6"; Speed 12 kts.; Armament two 3"/50 dual purpose mounts; Propulsion two 800shp Washington diesel engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	159k	Newport Harbor Nautical Museum archives photo		Jim Rogers
	125k	Newport Harbor Nautical Museum archives photo		Jim Rogers

View the Jasper (PYc-13)
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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