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Crystal (PY 25)



Call sign:
November - Bravo - Mike - Bravo

Patrol Yacht: Built in 1929 as the yacht Cambriona by the Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Del; Renamed Vida; Acquired by the Navy, 15 January 1942; Commissioned USS Crystal (PY-25), 24 February 1942; Decommissioned, 6 March 1946 at San Francisco, CA; Transferred to the Maritime Commission 2 April 1947; Sold and used as a freighter and passenger vessel in Central and South America. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,400 tons; Length 225'; Beam 34' ; Draft 13' ; Speed 18kts; Armament two 3"/50 dual purpose mounts; Propulsion two Winton 157 diesels, 1,100shp, two shafts.


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Crystal 150k c. 1940
Vida while under the ownership of Erle F. Halliburton. She is shown lying alongside the Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach, CA.
Jim Rogers
Crystal 118k Photographed circa 1942.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975.
U.S. Navy photo NH 83297
Naval Historical Center
Crystal 38k c. 1943
U.S. Navy photo
Joe Radigan

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