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PYc-11 Andradite


Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1927 as the yacht Comeco by Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan for James E. Whitin North Ukbridge, MA; Renamed Caronia, (date unknown); Sold to George L. Machris, Los Angeles, CA; Acquired by the Navy, 16 March 1942; Commissioned USS Andradite (PYc-11), 17 April 1942; Decommissioned, 19 December 1945; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 22 June 1947; Transferred in 1947 to the Coast and Geodetic Service (Department of Commerce) and renamed Caronia, (date unknown); Struck From the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold in 1952 to the North Coast Timber Corp., San Francisco, CA; Burned at Canton Island (Phoenix Group), Pacific Ocean, 11 July 1956 at position 2° 15' S. Latitude, 171° 43' W. Longitude.

Specifications: Displacement 322 t.; Length 140' 2"; Beam 23' 6"; Draft 9' 4"; Speed 11.5k; Complement 56; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount.


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Andradite 58k Caronia Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Andradite 32k . Gunter Krebs

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