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YP-454

Call sign:
Nan - Peter - Oboe - Xray

ex-Iolite (PYc 24)

Sazarac call sign (1932):
Mike - Jig - Hypo - Sail

Sazarac call sign (1933):
King - Mike - King - Unit

Coastal Patrol Yacht:

Built in 1929 by Henry B. Nevins Yacht Builders, City Island, NY

Registered in 1932 to George Henry Townsend of Greenwich, CT as the yacht Suzarac out of Bridgeport, CT

Registered in 1937 to Harold Stanley as the yacht Sazarac out of Bridgeport

Acquired by the Navy in 1941, renamed Iolite and designated as a Coastal Patrol Yacht, PYc-24

Reclassified as a District Patrol Craft, YP-454 when her name was canceled 23 June 1942

Struck from the Navy Register 16 September 1944

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in February 1945

Registered in 1947 to J. O. Larsen as the yacht Souris out of New York, NY

Registered in 1948 to Lausen, Inc. of New York as the yacht Souris out of New York

Registered in 1949 to Holliston Mills, Inc. of Miami Beach, FL as the yacht Souris out of Miami, FL

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 33 t.

Length 81' 6"

Beam 13' 6"

Draft 4'

Propulsion: Two 500hp 8-cylinder Winton gasoline engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	99k	Photo from the July 1931 edition of MotorBoating magazine		Joe Radigan

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