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Jet (PYc 20)



Call sign:
November - Bravo - Sierra - Quebec
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; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 20 September 1947; Scrapped in 1948.

Specifications: Displacement 472 t.; Length 160' ; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 12 kts.; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion two 600shp Winton 115A diesel engines, two shafts.

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