USS Sapphire (PYc-2)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sapphire.
The second USS Sapphire (PYc-2) was a patrol boat in the United States Navy.
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Owner |
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Ordered | 1929 |
Builder | George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts |
Launched | 1929 |
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Fate | Acquired by the Navy, 1 November 1940 |
United States | |
Name | Sapphire |
Namesake | Sapphire |
Acquired | 1 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 6 June 1941 |
Decommissioned | 29 October 1945 |
Stricken | 13 November 1945 |
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Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission for sale, 3 September 1946. Foundered, 1957 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Yacht Patrol boat |
Displacement | 500 long tons (508 t) |
Length | 165 ft 4 in (50.39 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 × screws |
Speed | 13.5 kn (15.5 mph; 25.0 km/h) |
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