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Opal (PYc-8)

Opal served the Navies of the United States and Ecuador.

Coastal Patrol Yacht:

Built 1928 as yacht Coronet by Germania Werft, Kiel, Germany

Acquired by the Navy 27 January 1941

Converted for Naval service at Merrill-Stevens Drydock Co., Miami, FL

Commissioned USS Opal (PYc-8), 10 June 1941

Decommissioned in September 1943

Transferred on loan under the Lend-Lease Program to Ecuador 23 September 1943 and renamed Manabi

Sold out-right to Ecuador, 13 May 1949

Struck from the Naval Register 7 June 1949

Struck by Ecuadorian Navy and scrapped in 1960.

Specifications:

Displacement 590 t.

Length 185' 6"

Beam 27'

Draft 11'

Speed 13 kts.

Armament: One 3"/23 gun mount, and two depth charge tracks.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Coronet
	50k	Namesake: A *coronet* is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. By one definition, a coronet differs from a crown in that a coronet never has arches, and from a tiara in that a coronet completely encircles the head, while a tiara does not. By a slightly different definition, a crown is worn by an emperor, empress, king or queen; a coronet by a nobleman or lady	Joe Radigan
	127k		Jim Rogers
	48k	c. 1928	Robert Hurst
USS Opal (PYc 8)
	75k	Namesake: *Opal* is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·nH2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Because of its amorphous character, it is classed as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica, which are classed as minerals. It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most commonly found with limonite, sandstone, rhyolite, marl, and basalt	Tommy Trampp
	118k	First day cover, dated 10 June 1941, USS Opal
	68k	First Day Postal Service, 10 June 1941 USS Opal
	74k	19 June 1941	Original photo: Gunter Krebs Replacement photo: Robert Hurst
	212k	Opal at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, on 23 June 1941 after conversion National Archives photo 19-N-24470	Mike Green
Manabi
	34k		Robert Hurst

Commanding Officers
01	LT/LCDR William C. Jennings, USNR	10 June 1941 - 13 April 1943
02	LTJG Bailey Cowan, USNR	13 April 1943 - September 1943

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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