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YP-280

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Hotel - Yankee NZHY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

District Patrol Craft

Built by Campbell Machine, San Diego, CA (YN 44)

Completed for Claude Corum, San Diego, CA, as tuna clipper Cape San Vincente (ON 234076), August 1935

Registered to Cape San Vincent Operating Co., San Diego, CA, 1938

Acquired by the US Navy, 17 February 1942

Placed in service as YP-280, date unknown

During World War II YP-280 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Lost off Saipan, 24 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 08 May 1946

Specifications:
Displacement 302 gross tons, 175 net tons
Length 116' 4"
Beam 26' 9"
Draft 10' 0"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion

one Diesel engine

single propeller, 425bhp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
143128001	35k	*Cape San Vincent* coming into port, 1930s. San Diego History Center photo by Guy Sensor, identifier 24-105 CD M0030 (0132-3301-2727) 24-105		Dave Wright

There is no DANFS history record available for YP-280 at NavSource

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

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