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YP-264


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Zulu - Whiskey
 NYZW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
  • Built by San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, CA
  • Completed for Japanese national Tokunosuki Abe as the tuna clipper baitboat Alert, 1930
  • Documented under US flag (ON 239140) to Alert Fishing Corporation, San Diego, CA, 1940
  • Acquired by the Navy, 16 December 1941
  • Placed in service as YP-264, 1942
  • Allocated to the 15th Naval District at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone
  • Departed Canal Zone for Terminal Island, CA, November 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold to O.L. Grimes, Seattle, WA, 20 January 1948
  • Registered to Waechter Bros., Seattle, WA, 1954
  • Registered to Filiate Science Antrorse Inland Development Co., Seattle, WA, 1959
  • Final Disposition, abandoned 1961
    Specifications:
    Displacement 180 gross tons, 92 net tons
    Length 90' 5"
    Beam 23' 0"
    Draft 10' 0"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Diesel engine
    one propeller, 275hp
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    YP-264 63k Tuna clipper baitboat Alert underway in San Diego Bay, probably upon completion and delivery to her owners, Tokunosuki Abe, of San Diego, circa 1931-32.
    Photo # UT 6740 courtesy the Maritime Museum of San Diego.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    There is no DANFS history record available for USS YP-264 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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