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PYc-42 Leader


Built 1927 as yacht Curlew, at White and Co., Ltd., Southampton, UK; Acquired by the Navy and Commissioned USS Leader (PYc-42), 24 October 1942; Decommissioned, 11 May 1945; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Transferred to the War Shipping Administration, 4 September 1946; Final Disposition, sold 1949 to Kenneth E Wilson, Los Angeles CA, renamed Chito. Sometime after this she was purchased by Jack Hyde and renamed Hyding. After a short period of time she was resold to C. Arnholt Smith of San Diego, CA. The yacht was again sold to Mr. Assel Offe. During the 1960s she was in Mexico where it was purchased by Jack Ford, and was used as a charter yacht taking groups to the Northwest and Alaska. During a storm she lost both engines and was towed to Sausalito, CA where she remained until purchased by John Mullen. Renamed Motor Yacht Paullu she is now being restored at Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA.

Specifications: Displacement 230 t.; Length 117' ; Beam 19' 6"; Speed 13kts; Complement 25; Propulsion, Original propulsion engines were two Krupp air injection diesels, changed to two Cooper-Bessemer diesels and finally two Caterpillar 343 diesel engines, twin screws; Armament, two 20mm guns, two depth charge tracks, two rocket launchers.

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Leader 62k Seen here as M/Y Paullu during restoration at Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA. c. 1979 Scott Elkington

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