![]() MV Joyita partially submerged and listing heavily to port side
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Name | Joyita |
Namesake | Jewel Carmen[1] |
Owner |
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Builder | Wilmington Boat Works[1] |
Fate | Acquired by the United States Navy, October 1941 |
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Name | YP-108 |
Port of registry | ![]() |
Acquired | October 1941[2] |
In service | 1941[2] |
Out of service | 1948[2] |
Fate | Sold to Louis Brothers, 1948[2] |
Name | Joyita |
Owner | |
Fate | Broke up in Levuka in 1970s |
General characteristics | |
Type | Luxury yacht, yacht charter, merchant vessel |
Tonnage | |
Length | 69 ft (21 m)[1] |
Beam | 17 ft (5.2 m)[5] |
Draft | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)[5] |
MV Joyita was an American merchant vessel from which 25 passengers and crew mysteriously disappeared in the South Pacific in October 1955. She was found adrift with no one aboard.
The ship was in very poor condition, with corroded pipes and a radio which, while functional, had a range of only about 2 miles (3.2 km) because of faulty wiring. However, the extreme buoyancy of the ship made sinking nearly impossible. Investigators were puzzled as to why the crew had not remained on board and waited for help.
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