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Peridot (PYc-18)

Call sign:
November - Bravo - Alpha - Delta

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built 1938 as the yacht Bymar by the Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, MI; Acquired by the Navy, 22 December 1941; Converted for Naval service between 6 January and 8 April 1942 by the Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Co., Miami, FL.; 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 to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 29 September 1946; Sold in 1946 to J. D. O'Leary, New York, NY and renamed Mimosan; Sold in 1947 to the Union Engineering Corp., Hoboken, NJ; Sold in 1948 to Santiago Vierno, Montevideo, Uruguay; Sold in 1950 to Alberto Dodero, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sold in 1952 to George Dawson of Great Britain; Sold in 1953 to Protocol Investments Trust of Africa (Pty.), Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa and renamed Halimede; Sold in 1954 to Protocol Trading Corp., Nassau, Bahamas; Sold in 1958 to The Lord Ivorforth, London, Great Britain; 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.(fl); Length 144' 7" ; Beam 22'; Draft 8'; Speed 13k; Complement 48; Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose mount, six .50 cal. machine guns, two .30 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 500shp Winton 8-241 diesel engines, Farrel Birmingham single reduction gear, (new engines installed in 1954), two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Yacht Bymar
	75k	.	Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
USS Peridot (PYc 18)
	84k	Underway in harbor, during World War II.	Jim Rogers
Yacht Maha
	73k	Maha at Valetta, Malta.	Jim Rogers
	84k	Maha at Valetta, Malta.	Jim Rogers
	74k	Maha at Valetta, Malta.	Jim Rogers
Yacht Al Mojil 5
	92k	Al Mojil 5, in a French port.	Jim Rogers

View the Peridot (PYc-18)
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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