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Jet (PYc 20)



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Sugar - Queen
Coastal Patrol Yacht:

  • Built 1930 as the yacht Thalia by the Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, MI
  • Renamed Jet 7 January 1942
  • Acquired by the Navy 27 January 1942 and converted for Naval service
  • Commissioned USS Jet (PYc 20), 4 April 1942
  • Decommissioned 27 August 1945 at San Francisco, CA
  • Struck from the Naval Register 17 September 1945
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 20 September 1947
    Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists transfer to the War Shipping Administration as October 1947
  • Scrapped in 1948.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 472 t.
  • Length 160'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 9' 8"
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
  • Propulsion: Two 600shp Winton 115A diesel engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Jet 177k Launch of Yacht Thalia in 1930, at Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan
    Photo by Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan
    Naval History and Heritage Command Catalog No. L45-143.07.01    		 Mike Green
    Photo added 1 3 March 2020
    Jet 65k Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
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