USS Emerald (PYc-1)

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited 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
Launched1922
Identification
FateAcquired by the Navy 25 October 1940
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameEmerald
Namesake Emerald
Acquired25 October 1940
Commissioned27 December 1940
Decommissioned11 August 1942
Identification
Fate Maritime Commission
General characteristics
Type Yacht
Tonnage104  GRT
Length96 ft (29 m)
Beam17 ft (5.2 m)
Draft7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Imperial in-line eight cylinder gasoline engines
  • 600  bhp (450  kW)
Propulsion2 × screws
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement32

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]

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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]

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References

  1. Colton, Tim (26 October 2015). "Consolidated Shipbuilding, Morris Heights, New York". www.Shipbuildinghistory.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Emerald". Naval History and Heritage Command. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2016.