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USCGC Colleen (WPYc-27)
ex-USS Colleen (PYc 27)
Call sign:
November - Whiskey - Bravo - Foxtrot
Colleen served both the U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard.
Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1928 as the yacht Colleen by Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Del.; Acquired by the Navy, 5 March 1942 and converted for Naval service; Commissioned USS Colleen (PYc-27), 2 September 1942 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; Decommissioned, 14 February 1944 and placed in service; Placed out of service, 11 September 1945 and transferred to the Coast Guard as USCGC Colleen (WPYc 27); Found to be ill-suited for Coast Guard needs, she was not retained; Decommissioned 26 October 1945; Sold 25 March 1947. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 250 t.; Length 150' ; Beam 21' 11"; Draft 8'; Speed 14 kts.; Complement 28; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount; Propulsion two 1,200shp Winton 115A diesel engines, two shafts.
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