USS Coral (PY-15)

Steam Yacht Sialia, underway prior to her World War I Navy service.
History
 United States
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
History
United States
Acquired: 10 June 1917
Commissioned: 30 June 1917
Identification:
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
History
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
History
United States
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
General characteristics
Type:
  • Yacht (1914–1917), (1920–1940)
  • Section Patrol (1917−1920)
  • Patrol Yacht (1940–1943)
Displacement:
Length:
  • 207 ft (63 m)
  • 214 ft (65 m) (1925)
Beam:
  • 27 ft (8.2 m)
    • 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m)
Draft:
  • 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
  • 13 ft (4.0 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 × screw
Speed:
  • 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (1925)
Complement: 61
Armament:

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.

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.

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