USS Jade (PY-17)

USS Jade (PY-17)
History
 United States
Name:
  • Athero II (1926—1928)
  • Caroline (1928—1938)
  • Dr. Brinkley (1938—1941)
Builder: George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Laid down: 1926
Completed: 1926
Status: Acquired by the Navy in December 1940
History
United States
Name: Jade
Namesake: Jade
Acquired: December 1940
Commissioned: 16 March 1941
Decommissioned: 11 February 1943
Renamed: Jade, 16 March 1941
Refit: Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
Status: Transferred to Ecuador under the Lend-Lease Program 24 May 1943
History
Ecuador
Name: Jade
Acquired: 24 May 1943
Status: Returned to U.S. Navy custody 29 January 1944
History
United States
Name: Jade
Commissioned: 29 January 1944
Decommissioned: 6 April 1944
In service: 6 April 1944
Out of service: 30 December 1944
Struck: 19 January 1945
Identification:
Fate: Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 12 January 1946
Renamed: Sold in 1947 and renamed Santa Maria
Fate: Sunk in 1948 off of Guam
General characteristics
Type:
  • Yacht (1926–1940)
  • Patrol Yacht (1940–1945)
Displacement: 562 long tons (571 t)
Length: 171 ft (52 m)
Beam: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draft: 13 ft (4.0 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 × screws
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 26
Armament:

USS Jade (PY-17), was a yacht in commission in the United States Navy as a Patrol Yacht from 1940 to 1945.

Construction, acquisition, and commissioning

Jade, a diesel powered yacht, was built as Athero II in 1926 by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts; later named Caroline, and purchased by the Navy as Doctor Brinkley in December 1940 from Dr. J. R. Brinkley, of Del Rio, Texas. Overhauled and converted for Navy use at Charleston Navy Yard, she was renamed Jade and commissioned at Jacksonville, Florida, 16 March 1941, Lt. Comdr. George L. Hoffman in command.[1]

Service history

Assigned to the 6th Naval District, Jade performed inshore patrol work until departing Charleston for the Canal Zone 5 May 1941. There she performed patrol duties for Panama Sea Frontier until 11 February 1943 when she arrived Salinas, Ecuador, for transfer to that country under lend lease. After a training period for her new crew, Jade was turned over to Ecuador 24 May 1943.[1]

The ship was returned to U.S. custody in exchange for Turquoise 29 January 1944. Arriving San Francisco, she decommissioned and was placed in service 6 April 1944 for use as a hulk at the Dry Dock Training Center, Tiburon, California. She was eventually placed out of service 30 December 1944, and returned to the Maritime Commission 12 January 1946.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jade". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 27 January 2016.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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