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PYc-21 Alabaster



Call sign:
November - Bravo - Whiskey - Mike

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built 1932 as the yacht Alamo by the Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ; Renamed Rellimpa, Ranley and Ronaele before being acquired by the Navy, 3 January 1942; Renamed Alabaster 13 January 1942 and classified a Coastal Patrol Yacht and designated PYc--21; Converted for Naval service at Philadelphia Navy Yard; Commissioned USS Alabaster (PYc-21), 31 January 1942; Decommissioned, 17 December 1945 at San Pedro, CA; Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold by the Maritime Commission, 9 April 1947 to Lyman A. Whitney, San Diego, CA; Renamed Alamo. In approximately 1960, she was sold to Mexican interests and thereafter based in Acapulco. There was no sign of her there after about 1980. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 385 t.; Length 148' ; Beam 23'; Draft 8' 3";Speed 14.5k; Complement 48; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two Winton diesel engines, two shafts.


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Alabaster 83k c. July 1945, USS Alabaster at anchor in San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands while at Navy Yard for modification. The 3" bow gun and .50 cal. MG were replaced by 5-20 mm guns and 1-40 mm on
the stern.
Vincent Balderston (ex-ChMoMM, USN)
who served aboard Alabaster from January 25, 1942 until August 23, 1945.
via Ralph L. Givens

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