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YP-209


International Radio Call Sign:
November - X-Ray - Zulu - Oscar
NXZO
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 Mathis Yacht Building, Camden, NJ (YN 204)
  • Completed for Charles E.F. McCann, New York, NY, as yacht Helena (ON 227358), 1928
  • Sold and renamed All Alone, circa 1941
  • Acquired by Navy, 16 January 1942
  • Placed in service as District Patrol Craft YP-209, date and location unknown
  • Assigned to Canal Zone, Fifteenth Naval District, 1942 - 1945
  • Arrived Cristobal for duty, 26 April 1942
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 20 April 1946
  • Registered to Diesel Towing Co., New York, NY, 1946
  • Registered to William P. Laytham & Sons Co., Paterson, NJ, 1948
  • Registered to Lynde Selden, West Palm Beach, FL, 1955
  • Final disposition, out of documentation, 1958
    Specifications:
    Displacement 101 gross tons, 69 net tons
    Length 87' 4"
    Beam 16' 0"
    Draft 8' 9"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    two gas engines
    two propellers, 600hp

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    YP-209 458k Yacht All Alone seen prewar.
    National Archives photo 19-N-22191
    Joe Radigan

    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-209 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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