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YP-103

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Juliet - Yankee
 NEJY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
  • Built at Honolulu, TH
  • Completed for Japanese resident alien Hatsutaro Iguchi, Honolulu, TH, as fishing sampan Nippon Maru, 1938
  • Ownership transferred to Iguchi's Nephew, George G. Takahashi, Honolulu, TH, and given ON 237448, May 1938
  • Registered to Yoshio Shinmoto, Honolulu, TH, 29 December 1939
  • One of 19 sampans seized by Customs for falsifying bill of sale, 28 February 1941
  • Ordered forfeited and turned over to Navy, 23 October 1941
  • Formally transferred to Navy custody at Pier 16, Honolulu, 30 October 1941
  • Placed in service as YP-103, date unknown
  • Assigned to the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor, TH
  • Used as recovery vessel during mine tests on Waipio Range, January 1944 - July 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946
  • Transferred to the WAA (War Assets Administration) for disposal, March 1947
  • Registered to Ala Moana Fishing Co., Ltd., Honolulu, TH, as fishing vessel Electa, May 1947
  • FInal disposition, sank after colliding with mooring buoy 2 miles off Barbers Point Lighthouse, Oahu, HI, 04 October 1975
    Specifications:
    Displacement 41 gross tons, 21 net tons
    Length 72' 1"
    Beam 13' 5"
    Draft 7' 7"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Diesel engine
    single propeller, 150shp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YP-103
    143110301    		 803k Nippon Maru being transferred to Navy custody, 30 October 1941.
    Photo from Honolulu Daily Advertiser, 31 October 1941.    		 Dave Wright
    Commanding Officers
    01LT(jg) David Wilbert Prudden D-V(G), USNR(December 1942)
    02ENS Carl Mark Shafer D-V(G), USNR(April 1943)
    There is no DANFS history available for YP-103 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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