U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX PC PCE PG PY PYC
40)PY 19 PATROL YACHT
Photo. www.navsource.org By Gunter Krebs
Laid down in 1930 as the steam yacht Seventeen by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Purchased by the Navy 13 May 1942
Commissioned USS Carnelian (PY 19), 7 June 1941 Decommissioned 4 January 1946
Transferred to the Maritime Commission 24 October 1946
Fate unknown.
Specifications:
Displacement : 500 ton
Length: 190'11''
Beam: 26'
Draft : 11'
Speed: 12 Knots
Complement: 59
Armament: 1 x 3 in (76 mm)
1 x 50 cannon (12.7 mm)
Carnelian (PY-19) was built as the yacht Seventeen in 1930 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; purchased by the Navy 13 May 1941 ; and commissioned 7 June 1941, Lieutenant Commander G. L. Hoffman, USNR, in command.
Carnelian arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., 23 February 1942 for patrol duty in the Caribbean. Later based on New Orleans for duty escorting convoys to Galveston and Key West, Carnelian provided essential services to the Gulf Sea Frontier in its great task of guarding a wide area with minimal forces. From November 1942 through January 1944, the converted yacht screened convoys, composed primarily of tankers with precious cargoes of oil, between Trinidad and Recife, Brazil.
Carnelian crew at inspection in Recife Brazil. Photo. www.navsource.org
