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PYc-25 Phenakite
Built 1902 as yacht Sechern, at Pusey and Jones, Co., Wilmington Del; Aquired by the Navy 17 February 1942 and converted for Naval service at Robert Jacobs Inc., Island City NY; Commissioned USS Phenakite (PYc-25), 1 July 1942 at Tompkinsville NY; Decommissioned and placed In-Service 17 November 1944; Placed Out-of-Service 2 October 1945 at Tompkinsville NY; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 5 November 1945; Final Disposition, returned to her original owner, subsequently resold to Circle Lines New York NY; renamed Circle Line V, fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 360 t.; Length 183' ; Beam 22' 6"; Draft 9' 7"; Speed 13.5k; Complement 40; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, four .50 cal machine guns, two depth charge tracks.
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