USS Amethyst
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USS Amethyst (PYc-3) was the yacht Samona II taken into service in the United States Navy serving as a patrol boat during World War II. After military service the vessel was returned to civilian status in 1946 and again became the yacht Samona II until sale and subsequent names of Pudlo and Explorer.
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Name | Samona II |
Owner | Willitts J. Hole |
Builder | Craig Shipbuilding Company, Long Beach, California |
Yard number | 154 |
Laid down | 15 March 1931 |
Launched | 25 June 1931 |
Maiden voyage | 31 July 1931 |
Homeport | Los Angeles, California |
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Fate | Acquired by the Navy, 4 November 1940 |
United States | |
Name | Amethyst |
Namesake | Amethyst |
Acquired | 4 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 27 February 1941 |
Decommissioned | 2 February 1944 |
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Fate | Transferred to the Coast Guard, 10 March 1944 |
United States | |
Name | Amethyst |
Acquired | 10 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 19 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 27 February 1946 |
Stricken | 12 March 1946 |
Identification | Hull symbol: WPYc-3 |
Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 11 September 1946 |
United States | |
Name | Pudlu (1951–1961) |
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Fate | Transferred to Panamanian flag, 1962 |
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Type | Coastal yacht patrol boat |
Tonnage | 350 GRT |
Displacement | 525 long tons (533 t) |
Length | 146 ft 9 in (44.7 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 10 in (7.26 m) |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Depth | 12 ft 11 in (3.94 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 × screws |
Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
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