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YP-291

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - November - Juliet
 NZNJ
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 Co., San Diego, CA (YN 61)
  • Completed for Manuel O. Medina, Point Loma, CA, as the tuna boat Normandie (ON 237622), 1938
  • Acquired by US Navy, 17 February 1942
  • Placed in service as YP-291, date unknown
  • YP-291 operated in Australian and Southwest Pacific waters during World War II
  • Arrived at San Diego from overseas duty, 20 January 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, March 1946
  • Returned to owners as Normandie, 1946
  • Final Disposition, foundered off Costa Rica, 16 March 1970
    Specifications:
    Displacement 518 gross tons, 256 net tons
    Length 137' 7"
    Beam 30' 3"
    Draft 13' 5"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    one 3"/50 gun
    two 20mm AA
    Propulsion
    one Diesel engine
    single propeller, 800shp
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    YP-291 53k YP-291 underway, date and location unknown.
    Joe Radigan
    YP-291 1040k Officers and crew of YP-291 date and location unknown. Note the 3"/50 gun mounted on the bow.
    Joe Jindrich,
    in memory of his father,
    Lawrence J. Jindrich, YP-291
    YP-291 899k Another view of YP-291 and her crew, date and location unknown.
    Joe Jindrich,
    in memory of his father,
    Lawrence J. Jindrich, YP-291
    YP-291 117k Three crewmen of YP-291 man a 20mm somewhere in the South Pacific. L-R: Smitty, Qualls [Sea2c Clyde LaVern Qualls], Lawrence Jacob Jindrich.
    Joe Jindrich,
    in memory of his father,
    Lawrence J. Jindrich, YP-291
    YP-291 410k Page from Lawrence Jindrich's diary, showing his service aboard YP-291
    Joe Jindrich,
    in memory of his father,
    Lawrence J. Jindrich, YP-291
    There is no DANFS history available for YP-291 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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