Bath Iron Works
"Carnelian" was built as the yacht "Trudione" in 1930 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine for Ross W. Judson who was president of Bath Iron Works and Continental Motors Corporation. It was named after his twin daughters, Trudi &amp; Ione. She was renamed "Seventeen" in December 1930. She was then purchased by the Navy on 13 May 1941 and commissioned on 7 June 1941 with Lieutenant Commander G. L. Hoffman, USNR, in command.