Bedford, 1942
WPYc-346; ex-Condor; ex-Carolus; ex-Athero, ex-Gypsy Jo; ex-Gem
Builder: George Lawley & Son Corp., Neponset, MA
Commissioned:
Private: 1913
USCG: 28 July 1942
Decommissioned:
Disposition: Transferred to US Navy 22 January 1943
Cost: Acquistion $20,000; Conversion $ 23, 774
Hull:
Displacement (tons)- 370 (1942)
Tonnage- 201 gross (1941); 113 net (1941)
Length- 164' 6" oa
Beam- 18'
Draft- 7' max (1941)
Machinery
Main Engines- Steam
SHP- 2,300
Propellers- Single
Armament- N/A
Design & Service
A steel-hulled yacht designed by Cox & Stevens.
Acquired in Chicago, IL; 1942-1943 assigned to Gulf Sea Frontier; she was stationed at New Orleans, LA.
Sources:
Robert Scheina. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1982.