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USS Impetuous (PYc-46)
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USS Impetuous (PYc-46) was private yacht
Yacht
A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...
that served as a patrol boat
Patrol boat
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of the United States Navy
United States Navy
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in both World War I and World War II under different names.
World War I, 1917–1918
She was built in 1915 by Robert Jacob Inc., City Island, New York CityNew York City
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as the yacht Paragon. She was then renamed Sybilla III sometime before she was acquired and commissioned into the Navy on 14 May 1917 as USS Sybilla III (SP-104). She was returned to the owner and struck from the Naval Vessel Register
Naval Vessel Register
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(NVR) on 24 December 1918. In the interwar period
Interwar period
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she was renamed Arlis.
World War II, 1940–1945
She was again acquired by the Navy on 12 August 1940, and commissioned on 16 October as USS PC-454. Assigned to the 15th Naval District, PC-454 arrived in the Canal ZonePanama Canal Zone
The Panama Canal Zone was a unorganized U.S. territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of...
in mid-November 1940 to patrol the approaches to the Panama Canal
Panama Canal
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. From November 1940 to August 1944, she performed escort and patrol operations off Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
while on constant watch for submarines.
PC-454 was named and reclassified USS Impetuous (PYc-46) on 15 July 1943. On 31 August 1944, the patrol yacht arrived in Philadelphia and was decommissioned there on 27 September, struck from the Naval Register on 14 October and sold by the War Shipping Administration
War Shipping Administration
The War Shipping Administration was a World War II emergency war agency of the US Government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the US needed for fighting the war....
on 14 June 1945.