Pre-war photo of YP-148 as Western Queen prior to conversion to patrol boat
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History | |
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Name | YP-148 (ex-Western Queen) |
Builder | Western Boat Building Company, Tacoma |
Completed | 1940 |
Acquired | 1941 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold, 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Displacement | 145 gross register tons [3] |
Length | 85 ft (26 m) o/a [3] |
USS YP-148 was a converted fishing vessel which served as an auxiliary patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
She was laid down as seiner [4] at the Tacoma shipyard of Western Boat Building Company for the benefit of MA Petrich. [1] She was completed in 1940 and named Western Queen (ON 239863). [1] [4] In 1941, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP). [1] She was one of the initial ships assigned to the Ralph C. Parker's Alaskan Sector [4] of the 13th Naval District colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy".
In 1946, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration and sold. [1] She was renamed Mary D. [1]