Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Photo Archive

Sardonyx (PYc 12)



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Queen - Zebra
Coastal Patrol Yacht:

  • Built in 1928 as the yacht Queen Anne by Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany
  • Purchased by the Navy 19 June 1941
  • Renamed Sardonyx 18 July 1941
  • Commissioned USS Sardonyx (PYc 12), 15 August 1941
  • Decommissioned 3 January 1944 and placed in service
  • Placed out of service 17 July 1946 at New York
  • Struck from the Navy list 29 October 1946
  • Transferred 10 July 1947 to the Maritime Commission and sold
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 640 t.
  • Length 186'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 10' 6"
  • Speed 12.5 kts.
  • Armament: Four .30 cal. machine guns and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two diesel engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Sardonyx/Queen Anne 147k c. 1930
    Ogden's Cigarette advertisement    		 Joe Radigan
    View the Sardonyx (PYc 12)
    DANFS History entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Back To The Main Photo Index Back to the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Index Back to the Coastal Patrol Yacht (PYc) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
    This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History