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Paragon (PYc-36)

Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Tare - Oboe

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Laid down 3 December 1928 as the diesel yacht Paragon by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine for Charles J. Davol of Providence, RI; Launched, 12 September 1929; Delivered 2 January 1930; Acquired by the Navy, 7 April 1942 from the Maritime Commission; Converted for Naval service at Craig Shipbuilding Co., Long Beach, CA; Commissioned USS Paragon (PYc-36), 2 September 1942; Decommissioned, 27 January 1944; Struck from the Naval Register 29 July 1944; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 23 April 1945. Purchased by a Herbert Sampson of Costa Mesa, CA. Sampson traded kerosene, cement and treadle sewing machines to Mexico in exchange for a single cargo- bananas, which were returned to Newport Beach, CA. In 1949, during a voyage south, she ran aground in heavy fog at Cedros Island, Baja California (Mexico) and was declared a total loss.

Specifications: Displacement 176 t.; Length 138' 2" ; Beam 19' 4"; Draft 9' 6"(mean); Speed 14kts; Armament one 6-pounder; Propulsion two 700hp
diesel engines.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Yacht Paragon
	84k	Bath Iron Works photo	Joe Radigan
	66k	.	Jim Rogers
	72k	.	Jim Rogers
USS Paragon (PYc 36)
	101k	c. 1943	Original photo Gunter Krebs Replacement photo Joe Radigan

View the Paragon (PYc-36)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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