USS YP-15

Sister ship YP-29 (ex CG-116) in 1941
United States Coast Guard
Name	CG-149
Ordered	1924
Builder	Dachel-Carter Boat Company, Benton Harbor, Michigan
Commissioned	1925
Identification	Call sign: NIDQ [1] [2]
Fate	transferred to United States Navy, 15 November 1933
United States
Name	YP-15
Acquired	15 November 1933
Reclassified	YP-15
Stricken	11 October 1945
Homeport	Boston, Massachusetts (1933-1943) Newport, Rhode Island (1942-1944) Portland, Maine (1944-1945)
Identification	code letters: NIDQ [3]
Honours & awards	American Defense Service Medal [2]   American Campaign Medal [2]   World War II Victory Medal [2]
Fate	sold to War Shipping Administration, July 1946; scrapped, 1964
General characteristics
Tonnage	37.5  GRT [2]
Length	74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a [2]
Beam	13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Draught	3.75 ft (1.14 m)
Installed power	500 SHP [2]
Propulsion	two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers [2]
Complement	8
Armament	1 x 1-pounder gun forward

USS YP-15 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-149 from 1925 to 1933, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-15 from 1933 until 1945.

History

She was laid down at the Benton Harbor, Michigan shipyard of the Dachel-Carter Boat Company, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard. ^{[2] [4]} She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore. ^[5] The date of her launching and completion is uncertain although the class design was finalized in April 1924 and all of the Six-Bitters were commissioned by 1925. ^[5] She was commissioned in 1925 as CG-149. ^[2] On 15 November 1933, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP). ^[2] She was assigned to the First Naval District where she trained reservists. ^{[2] [1]} In 1942, she was assigned to Newport, Rhode Island. In April 1944, she was assigned to Portland, Maine. ^[2] She was struck from the Naval List on 11 October 1945 and sold to the War Shipping Administration in July 1946. ^[2] In 1946, she was sold to the private sector, renamed Lady Pauline (ON 250877) and thereafter had a number of owners. ^[2] She was scrapped in 1964. ^[2]

References

1. Flynn, Jr., James T. (23 June 2014). Vessels of less than 100-feet in Length (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915 - 2012.
2. Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-15 ex CG-149 (1924 - 1933)". NavSource - Naval Source History. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
3. U.S. Navy Radio Call Sign Book -ENCODE - Section 18 - U. S. NAVY SHIPS BY CLASSES. United States Navy. 22 April 1944.
4. Colton, Tim (28 March 2017). "Patrol and Training Craft (YP)". shipbuildinghistory.com.
5. Canney, Donald L. (1989). "Rum War: The U.S. Coast Guard and Prohibition (Coast Guard Bicentennial Series)" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 17 March 2020. The final plans were available in April 2014 and the first of the class, CG-100, was commission October 21, 1924. CG-302, the last completed, was commissioned July 18, 1925. An average of five completed each week.