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YHB-9

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Bravo - Juliet
NKBJ

House Boat (Self-propelled)

Built by Mathis Yacht, Camden, NJ (YN 207)

Completed as yacht Truant (ON 229790) for businessman (and former Secretary of the Navy) Truman H. Newberry, Detroit, MI, 1930

Sold to Chicago industrialist Walter P. Murphy and renamed Idyl, 1935

Sold to Louis J. Kolb, Philadelphia, PA and renamed Carman, 1937

Acquired by the US Navy, 1942

Assigned to 5th Naval District, used as flagship for Commander, Amphibious Forces Atlantic Fleet, 1942 - 1944

Used as yacht for Under Secretary of Navy on Potomac, 1944

Placed out of service, date unknown

To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, May 1945

Struck from Naval Register, 27 November 1945

Sold to Albert Verley & Co., New York, NY, renamed Muriel B, 1946

Sold to Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Alexandria, VA, renamed North Wales, 1947

Sold to Leon Mandel, Chicago, IL, renamed Carola, 1951

Later sold and renamed Manatee, 1970s

Final Disposition, broken up at Jones Boat Yard, Miami, FL, 1980

Specifications:
Displacement 221 gross tons, 179 net tons
Length 120' overall
Beam 21' 0"
Draft 9' 4"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion diesel, 600hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	152k	*Truant* as completed, circa 1930.		Dave Wright

There is no DANFS history for YHB-9 available at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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