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Phenakite (PYc-25)

Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Nan - Dog

ex-Sachem (SP 192)

Call sign (1926):
Love - Dog - Mike - Have

Coastal Patrol Yacht:

The third Sachem was built in 1902 as the yacht Celt by the Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Delaware

Launched 12 April 1902

Renamed Sachem

Acquired by the Navy 3 July 1917

Placed in service as USS Sachem (SP 192), 19 August 1917

Returned to her owner, Manton B. Metcalf of New York, 10 February 1919

Registered in 1926 to Roland L. Taylor of Philadelphia, PA as the steam yacht Sachem

Resold in 1932 to Jacob "Jake" Martin and converted to a fishing boat

Reacquired by the Navy 17 February 1942 for $65,000 and converted for Naval service at Robert Jacobs Inc., City Island, NY

Renamed Phenakite

Commissioned USS Phenakite (PYc-25), 1 July 1942 at Tompkinsville, NY

Decommissioned and placed in service 17 November 1944

Placed out of service 2 October 1945 at Tompkinsville

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 5 November 1945

Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists transfer to the War Shipping Administration as January 1946

Returned to her original owner, Mr. J. Martin of Brooklyn, NY and renamed Sachem on 29 December 1945

Struck from the Naval Register 7 February 1946

Subsequently resold to the Circle Line of New York City and renamed Sightseer

Renamed Circle Line V

Reportedly scrapped in 1984

Found abandoned outside of Lawrenceburg, Indiana on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River

Currently (2015) under the custody of the D'Andrea LaRosa Art Foundation of Lawrenceburg.

Sachem Specifications:

Displacement 317 t.

1926 - 217 t.

1942 - 360 t.

Length 186' 3"

1926 - 143.3'

1942 - 183'

Beam 22' 6"

1926 - 23.6'

Draft 8'

1926 - 12.5'

1942 - 9' 7"

Speed 15 kts.

1942 - 13.5 kts.

Complement 49

1926 - 18

1942 - 40

Armament: One 6-pounder, two 3-pounders and two machine guns

1942 - One 3"/23 mount, four .50 cal. machine guns and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two Almy boilers, one 1,200ihp verticle triple-expansion steam engine, one shaft

1936 - One 805hp 7-cylinder Fairbanks-Morse 37 D14 diesel engine.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Yacht Celt
	127k	Photographed prior to World War I U.S. Navy photo NH 102169	Naval Historical Center
USS Sachem (SP 192)
	114k	In dry dock at Key West Navy Yard, FL From the collection of George B. Hanford	Bill Graham
	28k	c. 1917 Photo from National Park Service	Aryeh Wetherhorn
	57k	c. 1917 Thomas Edison and crew of Sachem Photo from National Park Service	Joe Radigan
Steam Yacht Sachem
	102k	10 February 1919 Brooklyn New York After being returned to her owner, Mr. Manton B. Metcalf Photo from Mel's Place	Robert Hurst
F/V Sachem
	124k	Underway from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY makes her debut in this very first advertising postcard produced during her initial fishing season in 1932. The inset displays a very young Captain Jacob 'Jake' Martin who was her proud owner and operator Photo from Mel's Place	Robert Hurst
	82k	c. 1932 Photo from Mel's Place	Robert Hurst
	97k	.	Mel's Place
	92k	c. 1937	Mel's Place
USS Phenakite (PYc 25)
	319k	Photo from the collection of Harold Homefield	Bill Cress
Sightseer
	74k	c. 1949 New York Photo from Mel's Place	Robert Hurst
Circle Line V
	144k	c. 1960 New York's East River Photo from Mel's Place	Robert Hurst
	95k	c. 1969 New York's East River Photo from Mel's Place
	115k	Circle Line V, rests along an abandoned pier at Weehawken, New Jersey circa 1983. After the Circle Line stopped using the vessel for tours, they stripped her of all useful equipment and timber, and removed the pilothouse for use as a ticket sales kiosk. They donated what was left to the Sea Scouts and she wound up sitting idly at this pier at Weehawken, New Jersey Photo from Mel's Place
	115k	13 March 2013 Laying abandoned outside of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River Photos by Ronny "Gordon Bombay" Salerno
	167k
	109k
	112k
	318k	c. 2016 Hulk of Circle Line V on the Ohio river with owners phone number painted on her side	Bill Cress
	428k	13 June 2016	Bill Cress