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PYc-26 Cymophane


Patrol Yacht: Built in 1926 as the yacht Robador at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., Newport News, VA; Renamed Seaforth in 1929; Acquired by the Navy 2 March 1942 from Herman F. Falk, Milwaukee, WIand converted for Naval service; Commissioned USS Cymophane (PYc-26), 6 August 1942; Decommissioned, 23 August 1944 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; Placed in service, 21 September 1944; Placed out of service, 23 May 1946 at Brooklyn Navy Yard; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 10 June 1948; Sold in 1952 to Visitor, Inc., New York, NY and renamed Seaforth; Dismantled in 1956.

Specifications: Displacement 523 t.(fl); Length 161' ; Beam 26'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14k; Complement 49; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion two 900shp Winton 121 diesel engines, two shafts.


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Cymophane 73k c. Between 1932/1942 Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Cymophane 34k - Gunter Krebs

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