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Carnelian (PY 19)



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Xray - Uncle
Patrol Yacht:

  • Laid down in 1930 as the steam yacht Seventeen by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
  • Purchased by the Navy 13 May 1942
  • Commissioned USS Carnelian (PY 19), 7 June 1941
  • Decommissioned 4 January 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 24 October 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 500 t.
  • Length 190' 11"
  • Beam 26'
  • Draft 11'
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Complement 59
  • Armament: One 3" mount.
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    Carnelian 43k Namesake: Carnelian (also spelled cornelian) is a brownish-red mineral commonly used as a semi-precious gemstone. Similar to carnelian is sard, which is generally harder and darker (the difference is not rigidly defined, and the two names are often used interchangeably). Both carnelian and sard are varieties of the silica mineral chalcedony colored by impurities of iron oxide. The color can vary greatly, ranging from pale orange to an intense almost-black coloration. It is most commonly found in Brazil, India, Russia (Siberia)
    and Germany    		 Tommy Trampp
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