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YP-591

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Tango - Juliet NXTJ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

District Patrol Craft

Built by Hutchinson Boat Works, Alexandria Bay, NY

Laid down, 12 October 1943

Launched, 05 May 1944

Placed in service at New York Navy Yard as YP-591, 22 June 1944

Assigned to the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, for midshipman training, 1944-1960s

Reclassified small boat, 1960s

Operated by US Naval Oceanographic Office as a research boat, informally named Navoceano I

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), December 1978

Final disposition, possibly went to Tennessee River in northern Alabama as a Navy Junior ROTC school boat

Specifications:
Displacement 50 tons(lt)
Length 75'
Beam 16'
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion

two Diesel engines

two propellers, 400shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	117k	*YP-591* underway as research vessel *Navocoeano I, sometime in the 1960s. USN photo, from Oceanographic Vessels of the World*, supplement II, 1966		Jim Swank

There is no DANFS history record available for YP-591 at NavSource

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

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