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Peridot (PYc 18)

Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Able - Dog

Minosan call sign (1948):
William - Nan - Dog - Peter

Coastal Patrol Yacht:

Built in 1938 as the yacht Bymar by Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, MI for Byron D. Miller of Palm Beach, FL

Acquired by the Navy 22 December 1941

Renamed Peridot and designated a Coastal Patrol Yacht, PYc-18, 27 December 1941

Commissioned USS Peridot (PYc 18), 11 April 1942

Decommissioned 3 January 1946 at Terminal Island, CA

Struck from the Naval Register 21 January 1946

Transferred 29 September 1946 to the Maritime Commission for disposal

Sold in 1946 to J. D. O'Leary of New York, NY and renamed Mimosan

Sold in 1947 to the Union Engineering Corp. of Hoboken, NJ

Registered in 1948 to the Union Engineering Corp. (NJ) of Hoboken, NJ as the yacht Mimosan

Sold later in 1948 to Santiago Vierno of Montevideo, Uruguay

Sold in 1950 to Alberto Dodero, of Buenos Aries, Argentina

Sold in 1952 to George Dawson of Great Britian

Sold in 1953 to Protocol Investments Trust of Africa (Pty.), Ltd of Johannesburg, South Africa and renamed Halimede

Sold in 1954 to the Protocol Trading Corp. of Nassau, Bahamas

Sold in 1958 to the Lord Ivorforth of London, England

Renamed Zimba in 1959

Sold to a Middle Eastern owner and renamed Maha

Sold in 2003 to a Saudi Arabian owner and renamed Al Mojil 5

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 300 t.

1948 - 299 t.

Length 144' 7"

1948 - 155.5'

Beam 22' 8"

1948 - 23.3'

Draft 8'

1948 - 12.4'

Speed 13 kts.

Complement 48

1948 - 13

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose mount, two .30 cal. machine guns and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 500bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Motor Yacht Bymar
	159k		Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
USS Peridot (PYc 18)
	125k	During World War II Courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1975 U.S. Navy photo NH 83394	Naval History and Heritage Command
Motor Yacht Maha
	247k
	247k	Photo by Hugo Hein
	247k
Motor Yacht Al Mojil 5
	247k

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