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Cymophane (PYc-26)

Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Queen - Charlie

Patrol Yacht: Built in 1926 as the yacht Robador at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., Newport News, VA; Renamed Seaforth in 1929; Acquired by the Navy 2 March 1942 from Herman F. Falk, Milwaukee, WI and placed in service to be converted for Naval service; Commissioned USS Cymophane (PYc-26), 6 August 1942; Decommissioned, 23 August 1944 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; Placed in service, 21 September 1944; Placed out of service, 23 May 1946 at Brooklyn Navy Yard; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 10 June 1948; Sold in 1952 to Visitor, Inc. of New York, NY and renamed Seaforth; Dismantled in 1956.

Specifications: Displacement 523 t.(fl); Length 161' ; Beam 26'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14k; Complement 49; Armament one 3"/50 gun mount and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two 900shp Winton 121 diesel engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Yacht Seaforth
	73k	c. Between 1932/1942	Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
USS Cymophane (PYc 26)
	57k	5 September 1942	Original ohoto: Joe Radigan Replacement photo: Robert Hurst

View the Cymophane (PYc-26)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation

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