Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Patrol Craft / Gunboat / Submarine Chaser Photo Archive

Sea Scout (PYc 43)


Sea Scout served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

Coastal Patrol Yacht: Built in 1922 as the yacht Valero II built expressly for Captain Alan Hancock, an early benefactor of the University of Southern California, by William Muller, Wilmington CA; Acquired by the Navy from the Coast Guard, 24 December 1942; Commissioned USS Sea Scout (PYc-43), 15 March 1943; Decommissioned 15 May 1944; Laid up at Frontier Base, San Diego and transferred to the Maritime Commission 17 July 1944 for disposal; Struck from the Navy list 14 October 1944; Sold 6 April 1945 to her former owners, Velero II, Inc. and renamed Valero II. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 195 t.; Length 125' 6" ; Beam 20'; Draft 7'.


Click On Image
For Full Size Image
Size Image Description Source
Amethyst 63k . Jim Rogers

View the Sea Scout (PYc-43)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site. The main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Coastal Patrol Yacht (PYc) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster

This page created by Gary P. Priolo and maintained by Joe Radigan
© 2005 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.