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USS Opal (PYc-8)
USS Opal (PYc-8), formerly the yacht named ''Coronet'' (1928), was a patrol boat in the United States Navy during World War II and then served in the Ecuadorian navy.
==1928-1941: Yacht ''Coronet''==
''Opal'' was originally designed by the naval architecture firm of Cox & Stevens as the steel-hulled motor yacht ''Coronet'' for American businessman Irving T. Bush. It was built in 1928 at Kiel, Germany by Germania Werft. This vessel was named after the smaller schooner yacht ''Coronet'' of 1885, built for Irving's father Rufus T. Bush and known for its victory in an 1887 transatlantic ocean race. The first ''Coronet'' was also the vessel upon which young Irving Bush and his family had sailed around the world in 1888.〔"(Prominent Citizens of New York: Rufus T. Bush )" in the ''Magazine of Western History/National Magazine'' (Jan. 1891) 13 (3): 378, full text on Google Books〕〔 The new diesel-powered ''Coronet'' featured a library, a living room with an open fireplace, a dining room, six staterooms (each with its own bathroom), and space for a crew of 20. The yacht had a 7,000 mile range.〔"Graces of Clipper in New Bush Yacht," ''New York Evening Post'', Oct. 17, 1928〕
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, ''Coronet'' served as a pleasure yacht, for example cruising around the Mediterranean Sea〔"Olympic Arrives with Notable List ," ''New York Times'', Sep. 19, 1928, pg. 24〕 and participating in New York Yacht Club activities on Long Island Sound.〔James Robbins, "Shawara is First in Race on Sound," ''New York Times'', Aug. 30, 1930, pg. 10〕
From 1931 through the end of the 1930s, ''Coronet'' stayed in south Florida, in and near Miami, maintained and ready for service, yet inactive. In 1935, Bush transferred ownership of the yacht to his wife, Marian Spore Bush. As both husband and wife were officially residents of New York City, and the ''Coronet'' was registered in New York but kept in Florida, the yacht became the subject of a property taxation dispute, which was finally settled by the Florida Supreme Court in 1939.〔
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