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Slighly unusual ship...

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a gunboat ???
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The front bit of the superstructure looks a bit like a Flower class corvette, but the hull is wrong. Looks like a militarised yacth of some sort...
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That Canadian thing? Uhm, I can't remember the name,it's in CHS.. something in French..
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ORIGINAL: Alikchi

That Canadian thing? Uhm, I can't remember the name,it's in CHS.. something in French..

Don't think it's Sans Peur, I think it might be AGP Hilo.
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my guess is a civilian yatch taken over by the USN and converted into a patrol vessel.
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Hi all,

Made of wood possibly (just look at those lines)?


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Maybe a USCC rather than a USN ship?
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The Mayflower?
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Here's another shot....

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That was a heck of a conversion! I would have thought it would been almost faster to build a purpose-built ship from the keel up.

I had thought that the first photo showed a clipper style hull suitable for sails but dismissed it as being my imagination. Still don't know who she is or what nationality. The bridge structure does strike me as having a British influence though.

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i think i ran across this one a year or so ago researching one of Brady's (sadly missing) unknowns. If it is, i have the pic and id, but not where i am right now (will have to wait til monday).

EDIT: the name "Black Swan" or something close comes to mind, but i'm not sure if that is it or not.

REEDIT: No, it isn't the "Black Swan" - that's an entirely different bird. Black something-or-other. Arghh. Now this is bugging me.
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Just found it. USS Mayflower, PY-1 (Patrol Yacht 1). Later WPG 183. Navsource Link
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Looks like the Stars and Stripes flying aft, and is that the president's flag flying forward, or is that just the Union Jack?
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USS Mayflower, PY1

Presidential Yacht/Gunboat

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Just found it. USS Mayflower, PY-1 (Patrol Yacht 1). Later WPG 183. Navsource Link


oh, you mean I have to read other peoples' posts too? [;)]
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ORIGINAL: irrelevant

Looks like the Stars and Stripes flying aft, and is that the president's flag flying forward, or is that just the Union Jack?

So, Dutchgy2000 was right!

The Mayflower was a presidential yacht for a while, so it could the the President's flag.

EDIT: Argh - need to type faster!
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LOL. I guess mine are.....irrelevant? [:D]

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USS Mayflower, PY1

Presidential Yacht/Gunboat

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ORIGINAL: Tankerace

Just found it. USS Mayflower, PY-1 (Patrol Yacht 1). Later WPG 183. Navsource Link


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Only thing more irrelevant than you is me.

Or is it I? I think it is.
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Hi, Y'all... It is, of course,the Mayflower. I couldn't believe the degree of conversion either, but... it's there. From a steam sailer to a patrol craft in one setting. Egad!!!
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Hi all,

Did she have wood or steel hull?


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