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YP-714



YP-714 call sign:
November - Bravo - Zulu - Lima

ex-Galatea (SP 714)

Patrol Yacht: Built in 1914 by Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, DE; Acquired by the Navy 14 July 1917; Commissioned USS Galatea (SP 714), 25 August 1917 at Detroit, MI; Decommissioned 26 September 1917 for conversion to an armed patrol craft; Recommissioned 16 November 1917; Decommissioned 15 July 1919 at Boston, MA; Towed to Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME and reclassified as a District Patrol Craft, YP-714; Sold 20 December 1921 to Captain A. A. Tamos of New York, NY and delivered 14 February 1922; Sold later in 1922 to James M. Buckner of Wilmington, DE; Sold in 1924 in Haiti. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 367 t.; Length 192'; Beam 24'; Draft 9'; Speed 14 kts.; Complement 57; Armament three 3".

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Yacht Galatea
Galatea 145k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Galatea 104k Probably photographed upon completion by her builder, Pusey and Jones of Wilmington, Delaware.
U.S. Navy photo NH 96132		 Naval Historical Center
Galatea 119k Photographed circa 1914-1916.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99536		 Naval Historical Center
USS Galatea (SP 714)
Galatea 94k At Ponta Delgada, Azores, in February 1918. Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527).
U.S. Navy photo NH 53801		 Naval Historical Center
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