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YP-148

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Romeo - Alpha
NURA

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 Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA (YN 143)

Completed for M.A. Petrich, Tacoma, WA, as seiner Western Queen (ON 239863), 1940

Acquired by Navy, 17 December 1941

Completed conversion, 30 January 1942

Placed in service as District Patrol Craft YP-148, date and location unknown

Assigned to Alaskan waters, Thirteenth/Seventeenth Naval District, 1942-46

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 14 August 1946

Registered to Joseph Dragich, San Pedro, CA, 1947

Renamed Mary D., 1951

Foundered about 22 miles NNE of Santa Catalina Isle, Gulf of California, Mexico, 28 April 1953

Specifications:
Displacement 168 gross tons, 85 net tons
Length 85' 3"
Beam 25' 5"
Draft 11' 1"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown

Propulsion

two diesels

two propellers, 400hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	532k	*Western Queen* shown underway before World War Two, exact date and location unknown. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 102586		Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history record available for YP-148 at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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