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Pyrope (PYc-17)

Call sign:
November - Alpha - Mike - Papa
Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1923 as the yacht Oceanus by Germania Werft, Kiel, Germany; Renamed Oceania; Aquired by the Navy, 15 December 1941 and converted for Naval service at Martinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA; Commissioned USS Pyrope (PYc-17), 11 March 1942; Decommissioned, 14 December 1945 at San Diego; Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946; Sold to Juan Perlo, Los Angeles 29 January 1947 and renamed Oceania.
Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 490 t.; Length 156' 4" ; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 13' 2"; Speed 12.5k; Complement 49; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, one 40mm gun mount, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 600shp Krupp diesel engines, two shafts.
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c. 1923/1925 Oceania |
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c. 1957 Los Angeles harbor |
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