USS Coral
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USS Coral (PY-15), previously USS Sialia (SP-543), was a yacht in commission in the United States Navy as a Patrol Yacht from 1940 to 1943.
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Steam Yacht Sialia, underway prior to her World War I Navy service. | |
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United States | |
Name | Sialia (1914–1920) |
Namesake | Bluebird |
Owner | John K. Stewart |
Builder | Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware |
Laid down | 1914 |
Completed | 1914 |
Notes | sold to Henry Ford, 1917 |
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United States | |
Acquired | 10 June 1917 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1917 |
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Notes | 6 October 1919, Transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey |
In service | 6 October 1919 |
Out of service | 6 February 1920 6 February 1920, Returned to U.S. Navy custody |
Notes | Sold 13 April 1920 |
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Acquired | 13 April 1920 |
Renamed | American Clipper |
Refit | 1925, American Ship Building Company |
Notes | Sold in 1927 |
Owner | A. N. Andrews Investment Corp. of New York, NY |
Acquired | 1927 |
Notes | Sold in 1935 |
Owner | Evan Jones of New York |
Acquired | 1935 |
Notes | Sold in 1937 |
Owner | Eleanor V. Andrews of Greenwich, CT |
Acquired | 1937 |
Notes | Sold in 1939 |
Owner | Milton C. Jackson of Philadelphia, PA |
Acquired | 1939 |
Notes | Sold in 1939 |
Owner | Clipper Lines, Inc. of Philadelphia (Milton C. Jackson, Treasurer) |
Acquired | 1939 |
Notes | Sold to the US Navy 25 November 1940 |
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United States | |
Name | Coral |
Namesake | Coral |
Acquired | 25 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 27 February 1941 |
Decommissioned | 12 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 27 August 1943 |
Decommissioned | 10 September 1943 |
Identification | Hull symbol:PY-15 |
Fate | Sold 15 July 1947 |
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Propulsion | 2 × screw |
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Complement | 61 |
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