Category:Sachem (ship, 1902)

USS Phenakite 

patrol vessel of the United States Navy
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Country of registry	United States of America
39° 04′ 52.32″ N, 84° 50′ 55.32″ W
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Ship[edit]

• Type: Luxury steam yacht, converted to navy ship, converted to sightseeing tour boat
• Built by: Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Delaware
• Yard No: 306
• Keel laid: 1901
• Launched: 1902.04.12
• Completed: 1902
• Length over all: 186 ft
• Beam:
• GT: 217
• DWT:
• uss-sachem.org
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• ronnysalerno.com
• Ronny Salerno
• www.navsource.org

History[edit]

• 1902 Named: Celt; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 127649
  • Port: New York City
  • Owner: J. Rogers Maxwell
• 1913? Renamed Sachem; Flag: United States
  • Call sign: LDMH
  • Port: New York City
  • Owner: Manton B. Metcalf
• 1917.07 Renamed USS Sachem (SP-192); Flag: United States
  • Used for anti-submarine experiments by Thomas Edison
• 1919.02 Renamed Sachem; Flag: United States
  • Returned to owner
  • Call sign: LDMH
  • Port: New York City
• 1926 Sold to Roland L. Taylor
  • Call sign: LDMH
  • Port: Philadelphia
• 1932 Sold and Jacob "Jake" Martin; converted to fishing boat
  • Port: New York City
• 1934 Call sign: KJXE
• 1936 Converted to diesel
• 1942.07 Renamed USS Phenakite (PYc-25); Flag: United States
  • Patrol and training vessel
• 1944.11 Decommissioned
• 1945.12 Renamed Sachem; Flag: United States
  • Bought back by previous owner
• 1946 Renamed Sightseer; Flag: United States
  • Call sign: KJXE
  • Port: New York City
  • Owner: Steamer Manhattan, Inc.
• 1956 Renamed Circle Line Sightseer; Flag: United States
• 1957.01 Renamed Circle Line V; Flag: United States
  • Port: New York City
  • Owner: Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
• 1977 Laid up in New Jersey
• 1986 Renamed Sachem; Flag: United States
  • Port: Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Owner: Robert Miller
  • Appeared in Madonna video for Papa Don't Preach while still in New Jersey
• 1988 Moved to Petersburg, Kentucky, and abandoned