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YP-44
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CG-9267 (1931 - 1934)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Delta - Juliet
NCDJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

District Patrol Craft
  • Built at New York, NY as 'yacht' Winnie (ON 230615) for Samuel Gottlieb, New York, NY
  • Though classified a yacht, was in reality a rum running "shell"
  • Captured by the Coast Guard as a rum runner, 40 miles off Cape May, NJ, 14 October 1931
  • Placed in service as US Coast Guard patrol vessel CG-9267
  • Assigned to Base 9, Cape May, NJ, 01 February 1934
  • Transferred to Depot, Curtis Bay, MD, 20 July 1934
  • Transferred to the Navy at Curtis Bay, MD, 24 November 1934
  • Placed in service as YP-44 and assigned to the US Navy Academy, Annapolis, MD
  • Reclassified small boat, June 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 35 gross tons
    Length 63'6"
    Beam 13' 0"
    Draft 6' 6"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion diesel, 1600hp

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    299k Seized rum runner Winnie under guard at Chestnut Street wharf, Philadelphia, October 1931.
    Photo from Camden NJ Morning Post, 17 October 1931.
    Dave Wright

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