USS Ability (PYc-28)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Ability |
Builder | Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan |
Launched | 1926 |
Acquired | by purchased, 12 March 1942 |
Commissioned | 28 September 1942 |
Decommissioned | 29 September 1944 |
Stricken | 1 October 1945 |
Fate | To Maritime Commission for disposal, 18 May 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Displacement | 280 long tons (284 t) |
Length | 133 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 43 |
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The first USS Ability (PYc-28) was a yacht in the service of the United States Navy used for anti-submarine warfare during World War II.