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Black Douglas (IX-55)
PYc-45



Call sign: November - Yankee - Delta - November

Laid down, 22 November 1929 as the 3-masted Staysail Auxiliary Schooner Black Douglas by Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME; Launched, 9 June 1930; Acquired by the Navy, 1942 and classified as an Miscellaneous Unclassified Auxiliary IX-55; Reclassified a Coastal Patrol Yacht PYc-45; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Returned to her owners, October 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Served in later years as teQuest for the Flint School, Sarasota, FL and as Aquarius; Renamed Aquarius W, (date unknown). She is presently up for sale at a price of $6,000,000 - $7,000,000. This price is a little high for the amount of yacht, but she now carries a $1-2 million "HISTORICAL" premium. Currently at Nice, France (as of May 2003), under British registry. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 416 t.; Length 150' ; Beam 32'; Draft 12'; Speed unknown; Complement unknown; Armament unknown; Propulsion sail (9111 square feet of canvas) or one 325hp Cooper Bessemer diesel engine (later changed to a 400hp Enterprise diesel engine).


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Size Image Description Source
Black Douglas 177k c. 1930. Artists rendition of Black Douglas. Maine Maritime Museum
Black Douglas 68k c. 1930. Cooper Bessemer Diesels Advertisement.
Black Douglas 43k 30 March 1943. As PYc-45. US Navy
teQuest 74k c. 1979/80. Seen as teQuest. Flint School
Aquarius 61k c. 1983. Seen here as Aquarius. Flint School

There is no DANFS History currently available for Black Douglas (PYc 45) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Flint School e-Museum History of the Flint School's Ships:
TeVega & teQuest


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