USS Luster (IX‑82), was a yacht which served in the United States Navy as a patrol boat during World War II.

History
United States
NameUSS Luster
BuilderM. M. Davis & Sons, Solomons, Maryland
Launched1936
Acquiredby purchase, 21 July 1942
Commissioned14 August 1942
Decommissioned24 March 1943
Recommissioned22 January 1944
Decommissioned26 June 1944
RenamedLuster, 2 September 1942
FateTransferred to War Shipping Administration for disposal, 20 December 1944
General characteristics
TypePatrol boat
Displacement68 long tons (69 t)
Length82 ft 6 in (25.15 m)
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement4

She was built as Ko‑Asa in 1936 by M. M. Davis & Sons of Solomons, Maryland, and purchased by the Navy from George Marshall Allen of New York City on 21 July 1942; and placed in service on 14 August 1942.

Service history

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Renamed Luster on 2 September 1942, the converted yacht was assigned to the 7th Naval District Local Defense Force, Port Everglades section, on 14 August. She was attached to the Gulf Sea Frontier Force primarily for ASW patrols on the east coast of Florida.

She was placed out of service on 24 March 1943, and assigned to the Supervisor of Salvage, USN, Miami, on 22 January 1944 to be operated by Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. with a civilian crew.

She was placed out of service a second time on 26 June 1944 and laid up at Coast Guard Patrol Base, Port Everglades. She was transferred to the War Shipping Administration on 20 December 1944 and sold.

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