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PYc-5 Onyx
Built in 1924 as the yacht Janey III by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY; Renamed Rene; Aquired by the Navy, 3 December 1940 as Pegasus; Commissioned USS Onyx (PYc-5), 27 February 1941; Decommissioned, 15 May 1944 and placed in service; Placed out of service, 1 February 1945; Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 2 February 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 5 February 1945. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 190 t.; Length 118' 7"; Beam 21' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 12k; Armament six .30 cal. machine guns, 2 depth charge tracks; Propulsion 720bhp diesel engine, one shaft..
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