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YP-109


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Quebec - Yankee
 NEQY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Pearl Harbor) - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
  • Built by N.J. Blanchard Boat Co., Seattle, WA
  • Launched, 15 August 1923
  • Completed for Willits J. Hole, Los Angeles, CA as yacht Samona (ON 223191), 1923
  • Sold to Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, CA, as partial payment for Hole's new yacht Samona (later Amethyst (PYc-3), 1930
  • Sold to Thomas R. Dempsey, Los Angeles, CA and renamed Elvida, 1936
  • Acquired, 21 October 1941 by US Navy
  • Placed in service as District Patrol Craft YP-109, 1941
  • Allocated to the 14th Naval District
  • Sailed from San Pedro to Pearl Harbor in company with Ramapo (AO-12), 25 November - 05 December 1941
  • YP-109 was present at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese surprise attack, moored alongside Ash (YN-2) at the Section Base, 07 December 1941
  • Placed out of service at Pearl Harbor, 08 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 03 January 1946
  • Delivered to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 09 January 1947
  • Sold to James Griffith, San Diego, CA, for $7504.60, delivered February 1947
  • Final Disposition, to Mexican flag 1948, further fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 120 gross tons, 81 net tons
    Length 107' 5"
    Beam 17' 10"
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    three Atlas Diesels
    triple propellers, 340shp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YP-109
    143110901    		 44k Samona as completed.
    PSMHS photo    		 Dave Wright
    Commanding Officers
    01LT(jg)/LT Vivian Hollingsworth Moses D-V(G), USNR(December 1942 - March 1943)
    02ENS Henry D Freedman D-V(G), USNR(December 1943)
    03ENS Roy William Garren D-V(G), USNR(March 1944 - June 1944)
    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-109 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 20 February 2021