YP-152 as Western Traveler before conversion to patrol boat
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History | |
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Name | USS YP-152 |
Builder | Western Boat Building Company, Tacoma |
Completed | 1936 |
Acquired | 18 December 1941 |
Out of service | sold, 1946 |
Stricken | 8 May 1946 |
Identification | 235946 |
Honors and awards | |
Fate | Sunk in collision, 1961 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Length | 78.8 ft (24.0 m) o/a [1] |
Beam | 23.33 ft (7.11 m) [1] |
Installed power | 300 SHP |
Propulsion |
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USS YP-152 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 [2] at the Tacoma shipyard of Western Boat Building Company, [1] completed in 1936, [3] and named Western Traveler. [2] On 18 December 1941, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy, designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP), and assigned to the 13th Naval District. [1] She was one of the initial ships assigned to the Ralph C. Parker's Alaskan Sector [2] of the 13th Naval District colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy".
In 1946, she was returned to her former owners. [1] In 1961, she was involved in a collision and sunk in the Grenville Channel off the coast of British Columbia. [1]