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USS Perseverance (PYc 44)

Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Charlie - Sugar

ex-USCGC Bedford (WPYc 346)

Perseverance served both the U. S. Coast Guard and U. S. Navy.

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1913 as the yacht Gem by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA; Renamed Gypsy Jo, Athero, Carolus and Condor; Acquired by the Coast Guard 28 July 1942 at Chicago, IL; Commissioned USCGC Bedford (WPYc 346), 28 July 1942; Assigned to Gulf Sea Frontier and stationed at New Orleans, LA; Transferred to the Navy, 22 January 1943; Converted for Naval service by the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, AL; Commissioned USS Perseverance (PYc-44), 1 March 1943; Decommissioned, 18 April 1945 at Recife, Brazil; Struck from the Naval Register 19 May 1945 and transferred to Maritime Commission for disposal; Transferred to the State Department in 1946 for disposal abroad. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 190 t.; Length 164' 5" ; Beam 17' 6"; Draft 6'; Speed 18kts; Complement 24; Armament one 20mm gun, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two Lawley express water tube boilers, two 2,200shp George Lawley and Sons vertical triple expansion steam engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	103k	6 March 1943. U.S. Navy photo		Joe Radigan

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