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PG-61 Dauntless


Patrol Gunboat: Designed by H.J. Gielow and built in 1921 at Great Lakes Engine Works, Ecorse, Mich. as the steel-hulled yacht Delphine at cost of $2,000,000. Burned and sank in Hudson River in 1926. After four months on the bottom, was raised and rebuilt at cost of $750,000. Sank in 1940 off Manitoulin Island, Lake Huron. Raised and rebuilt. Acquired by the US Navy, 21 January 1942; Commissioned USS Dauntless (PG-61), 11 May 1942; Decommissioned, 11 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 10 June 1946; Returned to her prewar owner, Anna Dodge Dillman, Grosse Pointe, MI and renamed Delphine; Acquired in 1950 by Horace E. Dodge, Grosse Pointe, MI; Acquired in 1966 by Anna Thomson Dodge, Grosse Pointe, MI; Sold in 1968 to the Lundeburg (MD) Seamanship School, Piney Point, MD and renamed Dauntless; Reported to be under Virgin Islands registry in 1998 whose Belgian owner plans to restore vessel to original condition. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,950 t (fl); Length 257' 7"; Beam 35' 2"; Draft 16' 3"; Speed 16 kts; Complement 135; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts; Propulsion quadruple expansion steam, two shafts.


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Delphine 62k Delphine Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Dauntless 40k . Gunter Krebs

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