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PY-17 Jade


Jade served the Navies of the United States and Ecuador.

Built in 1926 as the yacht Athero II by George Lawley and Sons, Corp., Neponset, MA; Renamed Caroline, again renamed Dr. Brinkley; Acquired by the Navy, December 1940; Converted for Naval service at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Commissioned USS Jade (PY-17), 16 March 1941 at Jacksonville, FL; Decommissioned, 11 February 1943 at Salinas, Ecuador; Transferred to Ecuador under the Lend-Lease Program, 24 March 1943; Returned to US Navy custody, 29 January 1944 and recommissioned that same day; Decommissioned, 6 April 1944 at San Francisco, CA; Placed in service, 6 April 1944; Placed out of service, 30 December 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 12 January 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 562 t.; Length 171'; Beam 27' 6"; Draft 13'; Speed 14kts; Complement 26; Armament one 3"/50 gun mounts, four .30 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion diesel, 1,600bhp, two shafts.
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