USS YP-399

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NameYP-399 (ex-Big Dipper)
BuilderPeterson Boat Building, Tacoma
Sponsored byJohn Brescovich
Completed1942
Acquiredacquired by the U.S. Navy, 29 May 1942
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Fateunknown
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General characteristics
Type Patrol boat
Displacement115 long tons (117 t) [1]
Length85 ft (26 m) o/a [1]
Beam24 ft (7.3 m) [1]
Installed power300 shp [1]
PropulsionDiesel, 1 × screw

USS YP-399 was a fishing vessel acquired by the U.S. Navy before completion during World War II to serve as a patrol boat.

History

She was completed in 1942 at the Tacoma shipyard of the Peterson Boat Building for the benefit of John Brescovich and named Big Dipper. [1] [2] On 29 May 1942, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy. [1] She was designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP) and assigned to the 13th Naval District. [2] Her commanding officer was Lieutenant Commandeer Vernon Johnson. [2] She was one of the initial ships assembled by Captain Ralph C. Parker for the Alaskan Sector, Northwest Sea Frontier, 13th Naval District [2] colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy".

On 8 May 1946, she was struck from the Naval List and transferred to the United States Maritime Administration who returned her to her original owner. [1] She served as a commercial fishing vessel thereafter for a number of owners under the names Big Dipper (until 1951), FV Liberty Bell II (until 1967), and FV Nautilus. [3] She went out of registration in 1997. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-399". NavSource – Naval Source History. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Aleutian Heroes, the "Yippiees"". Pacific Motor Boat. April 1943. pp. 7–10.
  3. 1 2 Williams, Greg H. (2013). World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands. McFarland & Company. p. 305. ISBN   9781476600406.