USS Sardonyx
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USS Sardonyx (PYc-12), formerly the yacht named Queen Anne (1928), was a patrol boat in the United States Navy during World War II.
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United States | |
Name | USS Sardonyx (PYc-12) |
Namesake | Sardonynx, a variant of Onyx |
Builder | Germania Werft |
Launched | 1928 as Queen Anne |
Acquired | 19 June 1941 |
Commissioned | 16 August 1941 |
Decommissioned | 3 January 1944 |
Out of service | 17 July 1946 |
Stricken | 29 October 1946 |
Fate | Transferred to Maritime Commission and sold 10 July 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 640 tons |
Length | 186 ft (57 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Propulsion | 2 diesel engines |
Speed | 12.5 knots |
Complement | 65 |
Armament | Four 30 caliber machine guns. Two depth charge tracks. |
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