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YP-612

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Uniform - Echo NHUE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

District Patrol Craft

Built by Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ (YN 184)

Completed as yacht Eala (ON 226186) for Robert W. Bingham, Louisville, KY, 1926

Sold to Robert Busby, Miami, FL and renamed Maroc, 1936

Acquired by the US Navy, November 1942

Placed in service as YP-612, date unknown

Assigned to 7th Naval District, based at Port Everglades and operating as escort in Florida and Cuban waters

Placed out of service and laid up at Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 19 May 1944

Struck from the Naval Register, 29 July 1944

To War Shipping Administration for disposal, May 1945

Sold to R.S. Evans Boats, Inc., Miami, Fl, renamed For 'Evansake II, 1946

Final disposition, dismantled 1960

Specifications:
Displacement 127 gross tons
Length 85' 0" overall
Beam 18' 0"
Draft 8' 9"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion gas, 300hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	42k	*Eala, the future YP-612, as completed, 1926. Mathis Yacht ad from Motor Boating* magazine, November 1927		Dave Wright

There is no DANFS history record available for YP-612 at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
No Information Available

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