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Olivin (PYc-22)

Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Zebra - Uncle

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Laid down 20 January 1930 as the yacht Bidou by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; Launched, 26 June 1930; Delivered 29 July 1030; Acquired by the Navy, 15 January 1942 and converted for Naval service at Miami Shipbuilding Co., Miami, FL; Commissioned USS Olivin (PYc-22), 25 April 1942; Decommissioned and placed in service, 21 March 1944; Placed out of service 14 September 1944 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; Struck from the Navy list 13 November 1944; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for scrapping, 23 October 1946.

Specifications: Displacement 120 t.; Length 124' ; Beam 20'; Draft 6' 10"; Speed 13k; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 800hp diesel engines, two shafts.

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