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YP-114

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Bravo - Foxtrot
 NIBF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
  • Built by Stephens Brothers, Stockton, CA (YN 659)
  • Delivered to Louis C. Dunn, San Francisco, CA, as yacht Adventuress (ON 240117), 26 October 1940
  • Acquired by Navy, 10 December 1941
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • Manned by USCG personnel, 26 December 1941 - 20 May 1942
  • Assigned to Local Defense Forces, Twelfth Naval District, 1941 - 1944
  • Operated as guard mail and hospital boat during 1944
  • Placed out of service at Frontier Base, San Francisco, 20 October 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 November 1944
  • Transferred to WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 30 June 1945
  • Registered to Thomas W. Gilboy, San Francisco as Adventuress, 1946
  • Registered to Dan E. London, San Francisco, 1956
  • Registered to William G. Edmiston, San Francisco, 1972
  • Registered to Edwin H. Morgan, Ketchikan, AK, as fishing vessel, 1976
  • Registered to Arnold S. Gridley, San Francisco, CA, 2002
  • Out of documentation, 2003
  • Final disposition, further fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 32 gross tons, 26 net tons
    Length 52' 3" waterline, 55' 0" overall
    Beam 12' 7"
    Draft 5' 5"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion gas, 132bhp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YP-114
    143111402    		 289k Prewar photo of Adventuress underway in San Francisco Bay, from a postwar Stephens Brothers ad. Dave Wright
    YP-114
    143111401    		 160k YP-114 moored to a buoy off Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA, probably while out of service awaiting disposal.
    US Navy photo.    		 Stan Svec
    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-114 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
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