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PC-460
PYc-50 Sturdy



Call sign for Sturdy:
November - Yankee - Foxtrot - Zulu


Built in 1930 as the yacht Elda by Consolidated Shipbuilding, Corp., Morris Heights, NY; Acquired by the Navy, 4 September 1940; Converted to Naval service at the New York Navy Yard; Commissioned USS PC-460, 16 October 1940; Redesignated a Patrol Yacht, coastal and named USS Sturdy (PYc-50), 15 July 1943; Decommissioned, 20 November 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, 27 November 1944; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 380 t; Length 154'; Beam 24'; Draft 8' 6"; Speed 17k; Propulsion, two six-cylinder Winton diesels, two shafts.
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PC-460 72k c. 1943
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PC-460 67k . Bob Daly/PC-1181
PC-460 135k . Bob Daly/PC-1181
Winton Diesels 195k Engine room. Bob Daly/PC-1181

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