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Leader (PYc 42)

Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Able - Fox

Coastal Patrol Yacht:

The first Leader was built 1927 as the yacht Curlew by White and Co., Ltd., Southampton, England

Acquired by the Navy and commissioned USS Leader (PYc-42), 24 October 1942

Decommissioned 11 May 1945

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 4 September 1946

Sold in 1949 to Kenneth E. Wilson of Los Angeles, CA and renamed Chito

She was purchased by Mr. Wilson for General Abelardo L. Rodriguez, former President of Mexico, as there were restrictions on foreigners buying excessive materials from the United States

Acquired by Jack Hyde of San Diego, CA and renamed Hyding

Resold to C. Arnholt Smith of San Diego, CA

Acquired by Warren St. Thomas of Hollywood, CA

Sold to Mr. Assel Offe

Sold in the 1960s to Jack Ford, and was used as a charter yacht taking groups to the Northwest and Alaska

During a storm she lost both engines and was towed to Sausalito, CA where she remained until purchased by John Mullen

Sold in 1979 to Paul Whitter, renamed Paullu and restored in 1979 by the Paul Whittier family at Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA

Sold in 1993 to Henk Koster and Suzanne Wasmer of Rotterdam, The Netherlands and renamed Grace

She is now based near Oslo, Norway.

Specifications:

Displacement 230 t.

Length 117'

Beam 19' 6"

Draft 7' 3"

Speed 13 kts.

Complement 25

Armament: Two 20mm guns, two depth charge tracks, and two rocket launchers

Propulsion: Two Krupp air injection diesel engines (1927), Replaced by two 275shp Cooper-Bessemer F P-6 diesel engines (1939) and finally two Caterpillar 360 HK diesel engines in 1962, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Leader (PYc 42)
	263k	Photographed during World War II Courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1974 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 81390	Mike Green
M/Y Hyding
	122k		Jim Rogers
M/Y Paullu
	62k	c. 1979 M/Y Paullu during restoration at Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA	Scott Elkington
M/Y Grace
	165k	c. June 2006 Oslo, Norway	Jim Rogers

Commanding Officers
01	LT Clifton R. Anderson, USN	24 October 1942 - 1945

Courtesy Joe Radigan

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