USS Coral (PY-15)
USS Coral (PY-15), previously USS Sialia (SP-543), was a yacht in commission in the United States Navy as a Patrol Yacht from 1940 to 1943.
 Steam Yacht Sialia, underway prior to her World War I Navy service. | |
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| Name: | Sialia (1914–1920) |
| Namesake: | Bluebird |
| Owner: | John K. Stewart |
| Builder: | Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Laid down: | 1914 |
| Completed: | 1914 |
| Notes: | sold to Henry Ford, 1917 |
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| Acquired: | 10 June 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 30 June 1917 |
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| Notes: | 6 October 1919, Transferred to the Coast & Geodetic Survey |
| In service: | 6 October 1919 |
| Out of service: | 6 February 1920 |
| Status: | 6 February 1920, Returned to U.S. Navy custody |
| Notes: | Sold 13 April 1920 |
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| Acquired: | 13 April 1920 |
| Renamed: | American Clipper |
| Refit: | 1925, American Ship Building Company |
| Notes: | Sold in 1927 |
| Owner: | A. N. Andrews Investment Corp. of New York, NY |
| Acquired: | 1927 |
| Notes: | Sold in 1935 |
| Owner: | Evan Jones of New York |
| Acquired: | 1935 |
| Notes: | Sold in 1937 |
| Owner: | Eleanor V. Andrews of Greenwich, CT |
| Acquired: | 1937 |
| Notes: | Sold in 1939 |
| Owner: | Milton C. Jackson of Philadelphia, PA |
| Acquired: | 1939 |
| Notes: | Sold in 1939 |
| Owner: | Clipper Lines, Inc. of Philadelphia (Milton C. Jackson, Treasurer) |
| Acquired: | 1939 |
| Notes: | Sold to the US Navy 25 November 1940 |
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| Name: | Coral |
| Namesake: | Coral |
| Acquired: | 25 November 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 27 February 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 27 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 September 1943 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol:PY-15 |
| Fate: | presumed scrapped |
| Status: | Sold 15 July 1947 |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × screw |
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| Complement: | 61 |
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Construction, acquisition, and commissioning
Coral (PY-15) was built in 1913 by Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware. It served during World War I as USS Sialia (SP-543). She was re-acquired by the Navy 25 November 1940 and commissioned 27 February 1941 with Lieutenant Commander W. H. Meyer in command.
Service history
Coral made two Naval Reserve cruises from Philadelphia during June 1941, then sailed 30 August for Newport and inshore patrol duty until 8 October. After training at Guantanamo Bay, she served at Key West, Florida with Service Squadron 9 until decommissioned 12 August 1943. Recommissioned 27 August to escort a convoy to Norfolk, she arrived 6 September, and was again decommissioned 10 September 1943. Coral was sold 15 July 1947.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Coral (PY-15). |
- Photo gallery of USS Coral (PY-15) at NavSource Naval History