USS Persistent (PYc-48)

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History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Launched1931
Acquired13 August 1940
Commissioned16 October 1940
Decommissioned27 September 1944
Stricken14 October 1944
General characteristics
Displacement110 tons
Length120 ft (37 m)
Beam22 ft (6.7 m)
Draught6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Speed12 kts
Armament4 mg., 2 dct.

The first USS Persistent (PYc-48) was a submarine chaser of the United States Navy.

Persistent, built as Onwego in 1931, was purchased from the estate of Mr. G. L. Bourne, New York, 13 August 1940; renamed PC–456, 13 September; converted at the New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 16 October 1940.

Assigned to the 15th Naval District, PC–456 arrived in the Panama Canal Zone 13 November 1940.

Renamed and reclassified Persistent (PYc–48), 16 June 1943, she patrolled in and off the Canal Zone until the summer of 1944 when she sailed for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and deactivation. Arriving 31 August, she decommissioned 27 September and was struck from the Navy List 14 October.

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