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PYc-10 Topaz


Yacht: Built in 1931 as the yacht Doromar by the Luders Marine Construction Co., Stamford, Connecticut; Acquired by the Navy, 14 February 1941; Renamed Topaz and designated as a Coastal Patrol Yacht PYc-10, 3 March 1941; Converted for Naval service at Robert Jacob Inc., City Island, New York; Commissioned, 14 July 1941 at New York; Decommissioned, 27 September 1944 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, (date unknown); Struck From the Naval Register, 14 October 1944. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 160 t.; Length 111' 8"; Beam 18' 11"; Draft 7' (mean); Speed 13k; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two .30 cal. machine guns, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 600bhp Winton diesel engines, two shafts.


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