USS Siren (PY-13)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Siren.
USS Siren (PY-13), briefly CMc-1, was built by Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware and launched 15 November 1929 as the yacht Lotosland. The yacht was acquired by the United States Navy in October 1940 and placed in commission as a Patrol Yacht from 1940 to 1946.
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USS Siren (PY-13), July 1943. | |
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Name | Lotosland (1929–1940) |
Owner | Colonel Edward A. Deeds |
Builder | Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware |
Yard number | 408 |
Laid down | 13 June 1929 |
Launched | 15 November 1929 |
Completed | 14 June 1930 (delivered) |
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United States | |
Name | Siren (1940–1945) |
Namesake | Siren |
Cost | $140,000 |
Acquired | 16 October 1940 |
Commissioned | 19 July 1940 |
Decommissioned | 2 May 1944 |
Renamed | Siren, 12 November 1940 |
Reclassified | Patrol Yacht, PY-13, 15 November 1940 |
Refit | 31 October 1940, General Ship and Engine Works, East Boston, Massachusetts |
In service | 2 May 1944, Naval Training School (Salvage), Pier 88, New York |
Out of service | 23 October 1945 |
Stricken | 3 November 1945 |
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Fate | Sold, 31 December 1946, sold foreign, Colombian flag, by 1950 |
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Tonnage | 662 GRT, 337 Net |
Displacement | 720 long tons (732 t) |
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Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Depth | 14.2 ft (4.3 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 × screw |
Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Range | 12,000 nmi (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) |
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