USS Amethyst
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United States | |
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 |
Identification |
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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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Homeport |
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Fate | Transferred to Panamanian flag, 1962 |
General characteristics | |
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) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 × screws |
Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
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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.
Yacht Samona II
Samona II was designed by
The yacht was 146 ft 9 in (44.7 m) in length, 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m) beam with a draft of 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) (11 ft (3.4 m) Navy) powered by two 500-
On 1 August 1931, the day after leaving the yard on delivery, Samona II departed on a shakedown trip to Alaska.[5][4] On 9 November 1931 the yacht was on the way via the Panama Canal to the east coast of South America where, after a time exploring the Amazon and Rio Negro rivers, a course was followed through the Strait of Magellan and up the west coast of South America to Los Angeles.[4]
Willitts Hole died in 1936 and his estate, including the Willitts J. Hole Art Collection, passed eventually to his daughter Agnes Hole Rindge and son-in-law Samuel K. Rindge.[6] The Rindges continued the yacht's collecting tradition after Hole's death into 1939.[7]
World War II service
Samona II was purchased by the Navy on 4 November 1940, from Samuel K. Rindge of Los Angeles.[8] The yacht was converted for naval service by Craig Shipbuilding; and commissioned on 27 February 1941.[3]
The ship was assigned to the Inshore Patrol,
On 1 April 1943, Amethyst was attached to the Surface Task Group, Southern Section,
US Coast Guard service
Placed back in commission on 19 April 1944 and manned by a
Amethyst was decommissioned at
Post war
She was subsequently sold back to Samuel K. Rindge and resumed the name Samona II and served as a yacht. Purchased in the early 1950s by David P. Hamilton of Shreveport, Louisiana, she served him under the name Pudlo until sold in 1962 to Clarene Y. Martin of Houston, Texas, and renamed Explorer.[3] As of 2000, she was still reported to be in use along the Gulf Coast.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d "Some Recent Shipbuilding Orders". Pacific Marine Review. Vol. 28, no. 3. March 1931. p. 124. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Progress of Construction". Pacific Marine Review. Vol. 28, no. 9. September 1931. p. 386. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Naval History And Heritage Command (29 November 2017). "Amethyst 1941–1946". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Taviner, Reginald (June 1932). "Samona II Loops the Loop". Motor Boating. Vol. 49, no. 6. pp. 32–35, 100–106. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "W. J. Hole Receives New Cruiser". Corona Daily Independent (18 July 1931). 1931. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- LCCN 66063893. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "1938–1939, Rindge Expeditions". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 24 (1). California Academy of Sciences: 11. 31 March 1942.
- ^ "Yachts Transferred to U.S. Government or Foreign Flags During 1940". Motor Boating. Vol. 67, no. 4. April 1941. p. 78. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ Priolo, Gary P. "USCGC Amethyst (WPYc 3)". NavSource Online: Patrol Craft / Gunboat / Submarine Chaser Photo Archive. Navsource Online. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
Further reading
- 6,000 Carefree Miles
- World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands
- Haiti Sun Sunday 17 February 1952
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Amethyst (PYc-3) at NavSource Naval History
- Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, CA