USS Ability (PYc-28)
History
United States
Name	USS Ability
Builder	Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan
Launched	1926
Acquired	by purchased, 12 March 1942
Commissioned	28 September 1942
Decommissioned	29 September 1944
Stricken	1 October 1945
Fate	To Maritime Commission for disposal, 18 May 1946
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	280 long tons (284 t)
Length	133 ft (41 m)
Beam	21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	43
Armament	1 × 20 mm gun 2 × depth charge tracks

The first USS Ability (PYc-28) was a yacht in the service of the United States Navy used for anti-submarine warfare during World War II.

Service history

She was built as Reomar IV in 1926 at Bay City, Michigan by Defoe Boat and Motor Works, and purchased by the Navy on 12 March 1942. She was renamed Ability and assigned hull number PYc-28. Commissioned on 28 September 1942.

After a brief period of shakedown training, Ability reported in November 1942 to Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier, and through the late autumn and winter performed patrol duty. Between March 1943 and September 1944, Ability was attached to the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida. There, she participated in antisubmarine warfare training exercises and carried out harbor guard duties.

The ship was decommissioned on 29 September 1944, and placed in an "in service" status for duty as a naval reserve training ship at Tompkinsville, New York. Ability was placed out of service on 19 September 1945, and was struck from the Navy list on 1 October 1945. She was turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 18 May 1946.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.