USS Emerald (PYc-1)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Emerald.
History
 United StatesUnited States
Name:
  • Tamarack IV (1922—1927)
  • Savitar (1927—1940)
Namesake: Tamarack
Owner:
  • Dr. Henry Norton Torrey (1922—1927)
  • Joseph H. Seaman (1927—1941)
Builder: Consolidated Shipbuilding Company, Morris Heights, New York
Launched: 1922
Identification:
Status: Acquired by the Navy 25 October 1940
History
United States
Name: Emerald
Namesake: Emerald
Acquired: 25 October 1940
Commissioned: 27 December 1940
Decommissioned: 11 August 1942
Identification:
Fate: Maritime Commission
General characteristics
Type: Yacht
Tonnage: 104 GT
Length: 96 ft (29 m)
Beam: 17 ft (5.2 m)
Draft: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power:
  • 2 × Imperial in-line eight cylinder gasoline engines
  • 600 bhp (450 kW)
Propulsion: 2 × screws
Speed: 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement: 32

The third USS Emerald (PYC-1), was a yacht built in 1922 as Tamarack IV by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Company in Morris Heights, New York.[1] She was acquired by the US Navy on 25 October 1940 and commissioned 27 December 1940, with Lieutenant (junior grade) Robert W. Graham in command.[2]

World War II service

After calling at Norfolk, Virginia Emerald arrived at Jacksonville, Florida, 13 February 1941 for patrol duty off the Florida coast, and served as harbor entrance control station in Saint Johns River between December 1941 and March 1942. Her last service was as examination ship at Key West, and on 31 May Emerald arrived at Miami, where she lay until decommissioned 11 August 1942. She was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 13 November 1945.[2]

References

  1. Colton, Tim (26 October 2015). "Consolidated Shipbuilding, Morris Heights, New York". www.Shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Emerald". Naval History and Heritage Command. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

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