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Siren (PY-13)
ex-CMc-1



Call sign:
November - Charlie - Hotel - Charlie

Siren Class Coastal Minelayer: Laid down in 1929 as the steel hulled yacht Lotosland by the Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Del; Purchased by the Navy 16 October 1940 from Col. Edward A. Deeds for $140,000. Lotosland was the first private vessel to be outfitted with a seaplane, in this case a 5-passenger Sikorsky. Converted to a Coastal Minelayer, CMc-1, 31 October 1940 by the General Ship and Engine Works, East Boston, MA; Renamed Siren 12 November 1940; Reclassified as a Patrol Yacht, PY-13, 15 November 1940; Decommissioned 2 May 1944 at the New York Navy Yard; Placed in service at the Naval Training School (Salvage); Placed out of service, 23 October 1945 at Thompkinsville, NY; Struck from the Naval Register, 3 November 1945 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal; Sold, 13 May 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 720 t; Length 196' 5"; Beam 28' 2"; Draft 14'; Speed 11.5kts; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts, two .30 cal. machine guns, two dct; Propulsion Winton diesel, 1,000shp, one shaft.


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Siren 23k c. 1931
Yacht Lotosland, one of the first to carry an airplane. The seaplane was raised and lowered to the sea by a hoist, clearly visible.
Jim Rogers
Siren 82k PY-13 -

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