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Chalcedony (PYc-16)

Call sign:
November - Alpha - Hotel - November

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built 1931 as the yacht Velero III by the Craig Shipbuilding Co., Long Beach, CA expressly for Captain Alan Hancock, an early benefactor of the University of Southern California; Acquired by the Navy, 15 December 1941; Converted for Naval service at San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, CA; Commissioned USS Chalcedony (PYc-16), 27 February 1942; Decommissioned 10 January 1946 at San Francisco, CA; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 17 October 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,000 t.; Length 195' 1"; Beam 30'; Draft 13' 6"; Speed 11.5 kts.; Armament one single 3"/23 dual purpose gun mount; Propulsion two 850shp Winton 128A diesel engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Velero III
	106k	.	Jim Rogers
USS Chalcedony (PYc 16)
	117k	c. 1943 U.S. Navy photo	Joe Radigan

View the Chalcedony (PYc-16)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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