USS Onyx (PYc-5)
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Onyx.
USS Onyx (PYc-5), was a diesel coastal patrol yacht of the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Onyx (PYc-5) astern of Cohasset | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Onyx |
Namesake | Onyx |
Builder | Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, New York |
Launched | 1924 |
Acquired | by purchase, 3 December 1940 |
Commissioned | 27 February 1941 |
Decommissioned | 15 May 1944 |
In service | 15 May 1944 |
Out of service | 1 February 1945 |
Stricken | 5 February 1945 |
Fate | Returned to War Shipping Administration, 2 February 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Coastal Patrol Yacht |
Displacement | 190 long tons (193 t) |
Length | 118 ft 7 in (36.14 m) |
Beam | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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The ship was built in 1924 as Janey III by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp. of Morris Heights, New York, and was subsequently renamed Rene and Pegasus.
Purchased by the Navy on 3 December 1940 from Clifford C. Hemphill, of New York City, converted to Navy use and named Onyx, she was classified as a coastal yacht on 13 December 1940, and commissioned on 27 February 1941.