USS Ability (PYc-28)
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.
USS Ability (PYc-28) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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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