USS YP-400

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USS YP-400, 1942-1943
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NameUSS YP-400
BuilderTacoma Boat Building Company, Tacoma
Completed1942
Acquiredacquired by the U.S. Navy, 24 May 1942
Honors and
awards
Fateunknown
Notes
General characteristics
Type Patrol boat
Displacement187 long tons (190 t) [1]
Length93 ft (28 m) o/a [1]
Beam24 ft (7.3 m) [1]
Installed power400 shp [2]
Propulsion
Complement18 (2 officers, 16 enlisted men) [2]

USS YP-400 was a seiner acquired by the U.S. Navy before completion during World War II to serve as a patrol boat.

History

She was laid down as a seiner [2] at the Tacoma shipyard of the Tacoma Boat Building Company. [1] On 24 May 1942, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy [1] while still being built [2] and completed later in the year. [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 assigned to Ralph C. Parker's Alaskan Sector of the 13th Naval District colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy".

In 1946, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission; her ultimate fate is unknown. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-400". NavSource – Naval Source History. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Aleutian Heroes, the "Yippiees"". Pacific Motor Boat. April 1943. pp. 7–10. The YP-400, a 94-foot, 400 hp Atlas diesel powered seiner taken over by the Navy while still on the builder's ways. Like other YP vessels, she's been in the thick of the Aleutian fighting ever since.


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