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Cymophane (PYc-26)

Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Queen - Charlie

Patrol Yacht:

Built in 1926 as the yacht Robador at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., Newport News, VA

Renamed Seaforth in 1929

Acquired by the Navy 2 March 1942 from Herman F. Falk of Milwaukee, WI and placed in service to be converted for Naval service

Commissioned USS Cymophane (PYc-26), 6 August 1942

Decommissioned 23 August 1944 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA

Placed in service 21 September 1944

Placed out of service 23 May 1946 at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Struck from the Naval Register 5 June 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 10 June 1948

Sold in 1952 to Visitor, Inc. of New York, NY and renamed Seaforth

Dismantled in 1956.

Specifications:

Displacement 523 t. (fl)

Length 161'

Beam 26'

Draft 9' 9"

Speed 14 kts.

Complement 49

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount and two .50 cal. machine guns

Propulsion: Two 900shp Winton 121 diesel engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Yacht Seaforth
	73k	c. Between 1932/1942	Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
USS Cymophane (PYc 26)
	163k	Photographed during World War II Courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1974 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 81388	Mike Green
	57k	5 September 1942	Original photo: Joe Radigan Replacement photo: Robert Hurst

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