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USS Ability (PYc-28)

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USS Ability (PYc-28)
History
United States
NameUSS Ability
BuilderDefoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1926
Acquiredby purchased, 12 March 1942
Commissioned28 September 1942
Decommissioned29 September 1944
Stricken1 October 1945
FateTo Maritime Commission for disposal, 18 May 1946
General characteristics
TypePatrol boat
Displacement280 long tons (284 t)
Length133 ft (41 m)
Beam21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement43
Armament

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.

Service history

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She was built as Reomar IV in 1926 at Bay City, Michigan by Defoe Boat and Motor Works, and purchased by the Navy on 12 March 1942. She was renamed Ability and assigned hull number PYc-28. Commissioned on 28 September 1942.

After a brief period of shakedown training, Ability reported in November 1942 to Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier, and through the late autumn and winter performed patrol duty. Between March 1943 and September 1944, Ability was attached to the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida. There, she participated in antisubmarine warfare training exercises and carried out harbor guard duties.

The ship was decommissioned on 29 September 1944, and placed in an "in service" status for duty as a naval reserve training ship at Tompkinsville, New York. Ability was placed out of service on 19 September 1945, and was struck from the Navy list on 1 October 1945. She was turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 18 May 1946.

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