USS Siren (PY-13)

USS Siren (PY-13), July 1943.
History
United States
Name	Lotosland (1929–1940)
Owner	Colonel Edward A. Deeds
Builder	Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware
Yard number	408
Laid down	13 June 1929
Launched	15 November 1929
Completed	14 June 1930 (delivered)
Identification	U.S. Official Number: 229875 Signal: Code letters MHWN:
History
United States
Name	Siren (1940–1945)
Namesake	Siren
Cost	$140,000
Acquired	16 October 1940
Commissioned	19 July 1940
Decommissioned	2 May 1944
Renamed	Siren, 12 November 1940
Reclassified	Patrol Yacht, PY-13, 15 November 1940
Refit	31 October 1940, General Ship and Engine Works, East Boston, Massachusetts
In service	2 May 1944, Naval Training School (Salvage), Pier 88, New York
Out of service	23 October 1945
Stricken	3 November 1945
Identification	Hull symbol:CMc-1 Hull symbol:PY-13 Code letters:NURS (CMc-1) Code letters:NCHC (PY-13)
Fate	Sold, 31 December 1946, sold foreign, Colombian flag, by 1950
General characteristics [1][2]
Type	Yacht (1929–1940) Coastal Minelayer (1940) Patrol Yacht (1940–1945)
Tonnage	662 GRT, 337 Net
Displacement	720 long tons (732 t)
Length	196 ft 5 in (59.87 m) (overall) 185 ft (56 m) (registry)
Beam	26.1 ft (8.0 m) (registered) 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m) (DANFS)[note 1]
Draft	11 ft (3.4 m)
Depth	14.2 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	2 × Winton 158 diesel engine 1,000 shp (750 kW)
Propulsion	2 × screw
Speed	12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Range	12,000 nmi (14,000 mi; 22,000 km)
Crew	35 (yacht) 89 (Navy)
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 2 × depth charge tracks 2 × .30-caliber (7.62-millimeter) Lewis machine guns

USS Siren (PY-13), briefly CMc-1, was built by Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware and launched 15 November 1929 as the yacht Lotosland. The yacht was acquired by the United States Navy in October 1940 and placed in commission as a Patrol Yacht from 1940 to 1946.

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