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YP-198

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Tango - Delta
NWTD

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 Nilson & Kelez, Seattle, WA

Launched, 13 November 1913

Completed for Harold Lee, Seattle, WA, as halibut schooner Idaho (ON 210842), 1913

Sold at Seattle to Bureau of Fisheries for $26,500, renamed Eider, summer 1919

Transferred to US Fish & Wildlife Service, 30 June 1940

Ran aground on Green Top Island, near Prince Rupert, BC, 25 October 1941

Taken over by Navy, 20 January 1942

Placed in service as YP-198, April 1942

Assigned to Thirteenth Naval District, mostly used as fireboat, 1942 - 1945

Manned by US Coast Guard personnel, 29 May 1942 - 26 October 1945

Placed out of service, 26 October 1945

Returned to USFWS, 03 December 1945

Struck from the Naval Register, 20 March 1946

Transferred to US Geological Survey, January 1949

Transferred to Trust Territory of the Pacific, 1955

Final disposition, foundered while under tow for repairs, 1955

Specifications:
Displacement 76 gross tons
Length 78' 3" waterline, 88' 0" overall
Beam 19' 4"
Draft 9' 2"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion one Atlas 6-cylinder engine, 140hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
143119801	76k	Launching of *Idaho* at Nilson & Kelez's yard, 13 November 1913. Photo from Pacific Fisherman Annual Statistical Review 1913 via Wikimedia Commons	Dave Wright
143119802	47k	As Bureau of Fisheries patrol boat *Eider, date and location unknown. Photo from NOAA's now defunct AFSC Historical Corner.*	Robert Hurst
143119803	138k	As Bureau of Fisheries patrol boat *Eider, location unknown, circa 1920.. National Archives photo from Record Group 22: Records of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1868 - 2008, NAIL Control Number: NRIA-22-PRIBPHO-PRIB55*	Robert Hurst

There is no DANFS history record available for YP-198 at NavSource

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Wikipedia page on Eider

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Last Updated 10 March 2022