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Carolita (PYc-38)



Call sign:
November - Xray - Victor - Whiskey

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built 1923 as the yacht Ripple by Germania Werft, Kiel, Germany; Acquired by the Navy, 1 April 1942 and converted for Naval service; Commissioned USS Carolita (PYc-38), 6 November 1942; Decommissioned, 28 February 1944; Sunk as a target.

Specifications: Displacement 236 t.; Length 133' 5" ; Beam 23'; Draft 10'; Speed 14kts; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount.

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Carolita 42k . Gunter Krebs
Carolita 64k . Jim Rogers
Carolita 132k . Jim Rogers

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