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Ability (PYc 28)


Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1926 as the yacht Sylvia by the Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, MI; Renamed Reomar IV; Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 12 March 1942; Commissioned USS Ability (PYc 28), 28 September 1942; Decommissioned 29 September 1944 and placed in service; Placed out of service 19 September 1945; Returned to the Maritime Commission, 18 May 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 241 t.; Length 133' ; Beam 21' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 13k; Complement 43; Armament one 20mm.


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Ability 81k c. 1943
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