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PYc-39 Marnell


Yacht: Built in 1929 as the yacht Marnell by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich; Acquired by the Navy, 13 April 1942; Converted for Naval service at Merrill-Stevens Drydock Co., Miami, FL; Commissioned USS Marnell (PYc-39), 31 July 1942 at Key West, FL; Decommissioned 3 December 1943 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; Recommissioned 22 January 1944 at Philadelphia Navy Yard; Decommissioned 21 December 1945; Struck from the Naval Register 21 January 1947; Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 30 April 1947 for scrapping.

Specifications: Displacement 180 t.(fl); Length 135' ; Beam 22' 8"; Draft 7' 3"; Speed 14kts; Complement 45; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount.


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Marnell 75k Seen as the yacht Marnell. Al Falconer

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