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PYc-22 Olivin


Laid down, 20 January 1930 as the yacht Bidou by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; Launched, 26 June 1930; Aquired by the Navy, 15 January 1942 and converted for Naval service at Miami Shipbuilding Co., Miami, FL; Commissioned USS Olivin (PYc-22), 25 April 1942; Decommissioned and placed in service, 21 March 1944; Placed out of service at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for scrapping, 23 October 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 120 t.; Length 124' ; Beam 20'; Draft 6' 10"; Speed 13k; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 800hp diesel engines, two shafts.

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