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Dwyn Wen (IX-58)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - November - Foxtrot NDNF

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Auxiliary Schooner:

Build in 1906 by Philip and Son, Dartmouth, UK, for Alex Richardson

Launched, 12 May 1906

Construction, composite (wood with steel frames)

Acquired by the US Navy in 1942 for $20,000

Placed in service as Dwyn Wen (IX-58), 19 February 1942

Assigned to Commander Western Sea Frontier

Placed out of service, 1 April 1943

Struck from the Naval Register, 18 July 1944

Returned to the owner in Los Angeles on January 3, 1945.

Registered in 1945 by James K. Baird, Seattle, WA. as yacht Dwyn Wen

Registered in 1946 by Harry C. and Joseph S. O’Hanlon, Seattle, WA. as yacht Dwyn Wen

Registered in 1948 by Hallie C. O’Hanlon, Seahurst, WA. as yacht Dwyn Wen homeport, Seattle, WA.

Out of documentation in 1951, operated by William Kyle Pratt of Redlands, CA. as yacht Dwyn Wen homeport, Los Angeles, CA.

Operated in 1958 Ted C. Kistner, San Marino, CA. as yacht Dwyn Wen homeport, San Pedro, CA.

Registered in 1960 by Byron J. Walters, Idyllwild, CA. as yacht Dwyn Wen homeport, Los Angeles, CA.

In 1963 loaned/charted to University of California for an oceanographic expedition in the South Pacific

Registered in 1968 by Lenard Harold Parsons, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands as yacht Dwyn Wen

Operated as a charter yacht in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean as of 2004 Out of documentation in 1970.

Final Disposition, sunk in January 2014, at Moyotte Harbor Comoros Islands

Specifications:
Length 106'
Beam 20' Propulsion

two pole masts and sails

Auxiliary Machinery

one 65hp Gardner engine

one Hale-Shaw clutch

one Meissner feathering propeller

one auxiliary diesel engine

electric windless

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Yacht Dwyn Wen
	106k	*Dwyn Wen* launching, 12 May 1906, at Philip and Son, Dartmouth, UK.	Jim Rogers
	231k	Burton family aboard their yacht *Dwyn Wen* off Ryde, Isle of Wight, 9 July 1912.	Chris Barton
	349k	*Dwyn Wen* under sail, date and location unknown	Chris Barton
	93k	The schooner yacht *Dwyn Wen* during the 1930s after her rig was modified from the original gaff schooner rig. Photo, courtesy Shipscribe.com	Robert Hurst
	86k	*Dwyn Wen* under way off the coast of Southern California, owner, Eugene "Fritz" Overton, circa 1930s.	D. Peterson
	108k	*Dwyn Wen* under way off the coast of Southern California, owner, Eugene "Fritz" Overton, circa 1930s.	Jim Rogers
	61k	*Dwyn Wen* at anchor off Catalina Island, CA., owner, Eugene "Fritz" Overton, circa 1930s.	Jim Rogers
	64k	The schooner yacht *Dwyn Wen* under way in the Seattle area just, circa 1946. Note that the main boom and perhaps the masts are somewhat shorter than they were before the war, possibly the result of Navy modifications. Photo, courtesy Shipscribe.com	Robert Hurst