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Gallant (PYc-29)



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Easy - King
Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built 1909 as yacht North Star, at Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Del; Purchased by the Navy from the North Star Excursion Corp., Brooklyn, NY 17 March 1942; Converted for Naval service at Sullivans Drydock, Brooklyn; Commissioned USS Gallant (PYc-29), 15 April 1942 at Sullivans Drydock Co. while still being converted; Decommissioned 22 January 1945 at Boston, MA; Struck from the Navy list 8 February 1945 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration; Sold 28 June 1945 to her original owners. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 350 t.; Length 177' 6" ; Beam 23' 6"; Draft 12'; Speed 13k; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one 20mm gun mount, one .50 cal. machine gun.

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