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USS YP-429

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

District Patrol Craft

Built, in 1929 at Storey Shipbuilding, Essex MA. as the Diesel dragger Elvira Gaspar

Acquired by the US Navy, 10 June 1942

Converted for Naval service, 10 June to 27 July 1942, at US Naval Dry Dock, South Boston, MA.

Commissioned USS YP-429, 27 July 1942

Decommissioned, 27 May 1943

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 98 t.
Length 87' 9"'
Beam 21' 6"
Draft 10' 8"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament 3 single 20mm gun mounts
Propulsion

one Cooper-Bessemer Diesel engine

single propeller, 320shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	61k	USS YP-429 underway in Boston Harbor, 27 August 1942. Navy Yard Boston photo # 3889-42 27 August 1942, Boston National Historical Park Collection NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-14840.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. and Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA

There is no DANFS history record available for USS YP-429 at NavSource

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

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