USS Ruby (PY-21)

USS Ruby (PY-21) was a converted yacht that patrolled with the United States Navy in World War II.

USS Ruby (PY-21)
History
 United States
Name: Placida
Namesake: Placida
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down: 23 December 1929
Launched: 17 May 1930
Acquired: 1 July 1930
Status: Purchased by the Navy 19 June 1941
History
United States
Name: Ruby
Namesake: Ruby
Acquired: 19 June 1941
Commissioned: 23 September 1941
Decommissioned: 23 July 1945
Refit: Converted for Naval service at Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Florida
Stricken: 13 August 1945
Identification:
Fate: Unknown
Status: Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 26 December 1945
General characteristics
Type: Patrol yacht
Displacement: 500 long tons (508 t)
Length: 190 ft (58 m)
Beam: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draft: 10 ft 11 in (3.33 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 × screws
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement: 67
Armament:

Construction, acquisition, and commissioning

Placida—built as a diesel motor yacht in 1930 at Bath, Maine, by Bath Iron Works—was purchased by the Navy from H. G. Haskell on 19 June 1941; renamed Ruby and classified as a patrol vessel, PY-21, on 6 July 1941; converted at the Gibbs Gas Engine Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and commissioned on 23 September 1941.[1]

Service history

Initially assigned to the 6th Naval District at Charleston, South Carolina, for escort duty, Ruby was assigned to the Eastern Sea Frontier from 10 February 1942 to 18 January 1944, retaining her homeport of Charleston. On the 18th she was reassigned to the 3d Naval District at New York, and three days later was given to the 1st Naval District, headquartered at Boston, Mass., for training purposes.[1]

Decommission

Ruby decommissioned at Boston on 25 July 1945, was stricken from the List of Naval Vessels on 13 August 1945, and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 26 December, the day after Christmas.[1]

References
  1. "Ruby". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

See also

List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy

Photo gallery of USS Ruby (PY-21) at NavSource Naval History

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