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PYc-29 Gallant


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 NY; Commissioned USS Gallant (PYc-29), 15 April 1942 at Sullivans Drydock Co., while still being converted; Decommissioned 22 January 1945 at Boston MA; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold 28 June 1945 to original ower North Star Excursion Corp., Brooklyn NY, 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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