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Peridot (PYc-18)



Call sign:
November - Bravo - Alpha - Delta

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built 1938 as the yacht Bymar by the Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, MI; Acquired by the Navy, 22 December 1941; Converted for Naval service between 6 January and 8 April 1942 by the Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Co., Miami, FL.; Commissioned USS Peridot (PYc-18), 11 April 1942; Decommissioned, 3 January 1946 at Terminal Island, CA; Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 29 September 1946; Sold to a Middle Eastern owner and renamed Maha; Sold in 2003 to a Saudi Arabian owner and renamed Al Mojil 5.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 300 t.(fl); Length 144' 7" ; Beam 22'; Draft 8'; Speed 13k; Complement 48; Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose mount, six .50 cal. machine guns, two .30 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two Winton 8-241 diesel engines, 500shp, two shafts.


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Peridot 84k Peridot Jim Rogers
Peridot 73k Mara at Valetta, Malta. Jim Rogers
Peridot 84k Mara at Valetta, Malta. Jim Rogers
Peridot 92k Al Mojil 5 in a French port. Jim Rogers

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