USS Aquamarine (PYc-7)
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| Career |  |
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| Built: | 1925 |
| Commissioned: | 9 April 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 June 1946 |
| Fate: | sold to previous owner, 1947 |
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| Displacement: | 194 tons |
| Length: | 124 ft |
| Beam: | 20 ft 6 in |
| Shaft: | 1 |
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| Propulsion: | 600bhp gasoline engines |
| Speed: | 12 kts |
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| Complement: | 36 |
| Armament: | Two 3"/50 gun mounts |
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USS Aquamarine (PYc-7) was a patrol boat in the United States Navy during World War II.
Aquamarine was built in 1925 by Pusey and Jones Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware under the name Vasanta. Later she was renamed Clader, she was sold to Robert H. Wolfe, Columbus, OH in 1940 and renamed Seawolf. Seawolf was acquired by the Navy 13 January 1941: and commissioned 9 April 1941, Lieutenant G. A. Lange in command. She was named for the gemstone aquamarine.
Assigned to the Naval Research Laboratory, Bellevue, D. C., Aquamarine assisted in experimental work, chiefly underwater sound. Although most of her experiments were conducted on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay, she also operated off New London, Conn., (16 October – 4 November, 1943), and off the Florida coast and in the Bahamas (24 January, 1944 – 18 April, 1945). During 1945 and 1946 Aquamarine had additional duty as special tender to the Presidential Yachts Potomac and Williamsburg.
Aquamarine was decommissioned 21 June 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission 31 January 1947.
She was sold back to Robert H. Wolfe of Columbus, OH that same year, and its name changed back to Seawolf. She was sold in 1955 to Ennolls A. Stephens (Irvington, Virginia) and renamed Miss Ann. She was sold in 1970 to Robert L. Stephens, (Irvington). Finally it was again sold, this time to The Tides Inn.
As of 2005, Miss Ann continues to be used for dinner cruises at The Tides Inn, Irvington.
See List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
