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PYc-44 Perseverance

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

Built 1913 as the yacht Condor by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA; Aquired by the Coast Guard, (date unknown) and commissioned USCGC Bedford (WPYc 346), (date unknown); Decommissioned by Coast Guard, (date unknown); Transferred to the Navy, 22 January 1943; Converted for Naval service at 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; Title transferred to Maritime Commission, (date unknown); Transferred to the State Department for disposal abroad. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 190 t.; Length 164' 8" ; Beam 14' 7"; Draft 5' 6"; Speed 18kts; Complement 22; Armament one 20mm gun, two depth charge tracks.

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Perseverance 37k 6 March 1943. US Navy

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