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Paragon (PYc-36)



Call sign:
November - Xray - Tango - Oscar

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Laid down 3 December 1928 as the diesel yacht Paragon by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; Launched, 12 September 1929; Acquired by the Navy, 7 April 1942 from the Maritime Commission; Converted for Naval service at Craig Shipbuilding Co., Long Beach, CA; Commissioned USS Paragon (PYc-36), 2 September 1942; Decommissioned, 27 January 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, 23 July 1944; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 23 April 1945. Purchased by a Herbert Sampson of Costa Mesa, CA. Sampson traded kerosene, cement and treadle sewing machines to Mexico in exchange for a single cargo- bananas, which were returned to Newport Beach, CA. In 1949, during a voyage south, she ran aground in heavy fog at Cedros Island, Baja California (Mexico) and was declared a total loss.

Specifications: Displacement 176 t.; Length 138' 2" ; Beam 19' 4"; Draft 9' 6"(mean); Speed 14kts; Armament one 6-pounder; Propulsion two 700hp
diesel engines.


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Paragon 66k . Jim Rogers
Paragon 72k . Jim Rogers
Paragon 36k - Gunter Krebs

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