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USS Cythera (PY-26)

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PY-26. Her conversion into a patrol vessel was completed on 28 February 1942, and she was placed in service on 3 March 1942. On 2 May 1942, while escorting the
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served as a civilian vessel for more than two decades, the U.S. Navy reacquired her from Harkness's widow Edith on 31 December 1941 for
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on 29 December 1917. Based at Gibraltar, she patrolled and escorted
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on 17 March 1919 and returned to Harkness on 21 March 1919.
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at the time, only two survived. They were picked up by
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USS Cythera

William L. Harkness
Ramage and Ferguson, Ltd.
Leith
Scotland
United States Navy
United States Navy
tons
knots
gun mounts
United States Navy
patrol vessel
Atlantic Ocean
World War I
World War II
Leith
Scotland
laid down
yacht
William L. Harkness
launched
United States Navy
World War I
section patrol
commissioned
New York City
Newport
Rhode Island
United States Atlantic Fleet

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