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YP-289

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Mike - Juliet
 NZMJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
District Patrol Craft
  • Built by Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, WA
  • Launched, 14 August 1937
  • Completed for Hjalmar F. Olsson, Astoria, OR, as the tuna clipper seiner Paramount (ON 236731), October 1937
  • Registered to French Sardine Co., Astoria, OR, 1938
  • Registered to Paramount Fishing Corp., Astoria, OR, 1940
  • Converted to tuna clipper baitboat at Campbell Machine Co., San Diego, CA, 1940
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 17 February 1942
  • Placed in service as YP-289, March 1942
  • During World War II YP-289 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II YP-289 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 02 September to 01 November 1945
  • Severely damaged in typhoon at Okinawa, 16 September 1945
  • Destroyed by Typhoon "Louise" at Okinawa, 05 October 1945
  • Placed out of service, 01 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Hull steel
    Displacement 333 gross tons, 177 net tons
    Length 110' 1"
    Beam 30' 0"
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Enterprise diesel engine
    single propeller, 600bhp
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    Commercial Service
    YP-289
    143128901    		 68k Paramount moored at San Diego prewar.
    American Tunaboat Association Zolezzi Photographic Collection, Maritme Museum of San Diego    		 Dave Wright
    YP-289
    YP-289
    143128902    		 170k YP-289 lying wrecked after Typhoon Louise at Okinawa, October 1945. Nestor (ARB-6) lies at left, with a wrecked APL (nicknamed "Ritz Carlton") at right.
    Photo from collection of Lt. Gilbert Steingart (DC) USNR, who was a dental officer aboard Ocelot (IX-110)    		 Linda Steingart Frumkes
    YP-289
    143128903    		 176k A closer view of YP-289 lying wrecked after Typhoon Louise at Okinawa, circa October 1945.
    Photo from collection of Lt. Gilbert Steingart (DC) USNR, who was a dental officer aboard Ocelot (IX-110)    		 Linda Steingart Frumkes
    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-289 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 05 August 2022