Ruby (PY-21)
1941-1945
A gem.
(PY-21: displacement 640 (full load); length 190'11"; beam 26'6"; draft 10'6"; speed 13.5 knots; complement 67; armament 1 3-inch)
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 Co., Jacksonville, Fla.; and commissioned on 23 September 1941.
Initially assigned to the Sixth Naval District at Charleston, S.C., 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 Third Naval District at New York, and three days later was given to the First Naval District, headquartered at Boston, Mass., for training purposes.
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.
21 October 2005
