USS YP-51

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Sister ship YP-29 (ex CG-116) in 1941
Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915-1953).png United States Coast Guard
NameCG-261
Ordered1924
Builder A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company, Alameda, California
Launched24 November 1924
Commissioned1925
Identification
Fatetransferred to the Department of Justice, May 1933
transferred to United States Navy, 1934
Flag of the United States Navy (official).svgUS flag 48 stars.svg United States Navy
Acquired1934
ReclassifiedYP-51
Stricken11 October 1945
Honours and
awards
Fatesold to the private sector, 1949
out of documentation, 1952
General characteristics
Tonnage37.5  GRT [2]
Length74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a [2]
Beam13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Draught3.75 ft (1.14 m)
Installed power500 SHP [2]
Propulsiontwo Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers [2]
Complement8
Armament1 x 1-pounder gun forward

USS YP-51 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-261 from 1925 to 1934, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-51 from 1934 until 1945.

History

She was laid down at the Alameda, California shipyard of the A. W. de Young Boat & Shipbuilding Company, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard. [2] [3] She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore. [4] She was launched on 24 November 1924. [5] The date of her completion is uncertain although the class design was finalized in April 1924 and all of the Six-Bitters were commissioned by 1925. [4] She was commissioned in 1925 as CG-261. [2] [3] In May 1933, she was transferred to the Department of Justice. [1] In 1934, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP). [3] She served in the 12th Naval District at Mare Island in Vallejo, California training reservists until the advent of World War II where she was assigned to the Inshore Patrol, 12th Naval District. [1] She was decommissioned sometime thereafter and sold in August 1949 and renamed the Milliquin (ON 257116). [1] [6] She was resold in November 1949 and renamed The Chaser. [1] She was out of documentation in 1952. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-51 ex CG-261 (1925 - 1934)". NavSource - Naval Source History. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  3. 1 2 3 Colton, Tim (28 March 2017). "Patrol and Training Craft (YP)". shipbuildinghistory.com.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ "Anti-Rum Runner Craft Launched". Oakland Tribune . 25 November 1924.
  6. ↑ Williams, Greg H. (2013). World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands. McFarland & Company. p. 290. ISBN   9780786466450.
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