USS Cymophane

History
United States
Name	USS Cymophane
Ordered	as the yacht Robador
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	1926
Acquired	2 March 1942
Commissioned	6 August 1942
Decommissioned	23 August 1944
In service	21 September 1944
Out of service	23 May 1946
Stricken	10 June 1948
Fate	Sold in 1952
General characteristics
Type	Yacht
Displacement	523 long tons (531 t) (full load)
Length	161 ft (49 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Installed power	1,800 bhp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Winton 121 diesel engines 2 × shafts
Speed	14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	49
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal dual purpose gun, 2 × .50 in (13 mm) machine guns

USS Cymophane (PYc-26) was a Cymophane-class patrol yacht acquired by the United States Navy early during World War II. She was used for patrol, escort, anti-submarine, and rescue operations along coastal waters.

Cymophane was built in 1926 as Sea Forth by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia; acquired by the Navy on 2 March 1942; and commissioned on 6 August 1942.

World War II

Departing Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on 9 August 1942 after the completion of her conversion, Cymophane in company with two motor minesweepers sailed by way of Cleveland, Ohio, and the St. Lawrence River to Nova Scotia where she joined a convoy and sailed on 26 August for New York City, arriving on 2 September. She served at New York under the 3rd Naval District.

Reassigned to the 5th Naval District

Reassigned to the 5th Naval District, Cymophane arrived at Norfolk, Virginia on 21 November 1942. She served in anti-submarine patrol, convoy escort duty along the U.S. East Coast, and rescue operations until 6 August 1944, when she proceeded to Philadelphia Navy Yard, where she was decommissioned on 25 August.

In-service operations

After overhaul, she was placed in service on 21 September, and on 2 October departed for New London, Connecticut, arriving on the 4th. Attached to the Underwater Sound Laboratory she alternated experimental work with submarine training until 30 April 1946.

Post-war decommissioning

She arrived at Brooklyn Navy Yard 10 May, and was placed out of service 23 May 1946. She was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 10 June 1948. Sold in 1952 to Visitor, Inc. of New York, New York and renamed Seaforth, she was dismantled in 1956.

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

• Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Archived 2006-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
• NavSource Online: Patrol Craft / Gunboat / Submarine Chaser Photo Archive - Cymophane (PYc-26)