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YP-157

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Uniform - Sierra
 NBUS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YP-157 Class Patrol Craft
  • Built by Chance Marine Construction, Eastport, MD
  • Completed for Atherton W. Hobler, New York, NY, as yacht Harwell (ON 234295), 1935
  • Sold to William H. Mason, New Orleans, LA, renamed Masonite, 1940
  • Sold to Lev H. Prichard, Corpus Christi, TX, renamed Lev III, September 1941
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 20 December 1941
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • Allocated to Eighth Naval District
  • YP-157 picked up survivors from the torpedo-damaged tanker SS Aurora forty miles off Southwest Passage, Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico, 10 May 1942,
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 23 September 1944
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 14 May 1945
  • Sold to W.O. Pape, Mobile, AL, renamed Vigilant, 1947
  • Final disposition, off registers 1955
    Specifications:
    Displacement 70 gross tons, 47 net tons
    Length 76' 7"
    Beam 15' 1"
    Draft 7' 9"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    two Buda diesels
    two propellers, 304hp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YP-157
    143115702    		 33k Harwell as completed, circa 1935. Dave Wright
    YP-157
    143115701    		 126k YP-157 secured alongside a floating drydock, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Stan Svec
    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-157 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
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