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Phenakite (PYc-25)

Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Nan - Dog

ex-Sachem (SP 192)

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built 1902 as the yacht Celt by the Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Del; Launched 12 April 1902; Renamed Sachem; Acquired by the Navy 3 July 1917; Placed in service as Sachem (SP 192), 19 August 1917; Returned to her owner, M. B. Metcalf of New York 10 February 1919; Sold to Phiadelphia Banker Roland L. Taylor; Resold in 1932 to Jacob "Jake" Martin and converted to a fishing boat; Reacquired by the Navy 17 February 1942 for $65,000 and converted for Naval service at Robert Jacobs Inc., City Island, NY; Renamed Phenakite; Commissioned USS Phenakite (PYc-25), 1 July 1942 at Tompkinsville, NY; Decommissioned and placed in service 17 November 1944; Placed out of service 2 October 1945 at Tompkinsville; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 5 November 1945; Returned to her original owner, Mr. J. Martin of Brooklyn, NY as Sachem on 29 December 1945; Struck from the Naval Register 7 February 1946; Subsequently resold to the Circle Line of New York City and renamed Sightseer; Renamed Circle Line V; Reportedly scrapped in 1984, but found in 2007 in a small creek on the Ohio River in Kentucky.

Phenakite Specifications: Displacement 360 t.; Length 183' ; Beam 22' 6"; Draft 9' 7"; Speed 13.5k; Complement 40; Armament one 3"/23 cal. dual purpose mount, four .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion one 805shp Fairbanks Morse 37D14 diesel engine, one shaft.

Sachem Specifications: Displacement 317 t.; Length 186' 3"; Beam 22' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 15 kts. (reduced to 12 kts. with diesel engine); Complement 49; Armament one 6-pounder, two 3-pounders and two machine guns; Propulsion stream (re-engined in 1936 with one 805hp Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine),
one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Yacht Celt
	127k	Photographed prior to World War I. U.S. Navy Photo NH 102169	Naval Historical Center
USS Sachem (SP 192)
	114k	In dry dock at Key West Navy Yard, FL From the collection of George B. Hanford	Bill Graham
F/V Sachem
	97k	.	Mel's Place
	92k	c. 1937	Mel's Place

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DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site

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DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site

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