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USS YFR-1152
ex
 YF-1152

YP-629
Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Hotel - Oscar
 NTHO
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 Seattle Ship Building and Drydock Co., Seattle, WA
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned as USS YP-629, 12 March 1945, LT G. J. Groos, USNR, commanding
  • Initially assigned to Seventh Fleet at Eniwetok and Leyte
  • Assigned to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, December 1946
  • Among her various missions was making weekly runs between that base and Miami, FL supplying fresh food for the base commissary
  • Homeport changed from Guantanamo Bay to Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, PR in 1958 because of the Cuban Revolution
  • Redesignated YFR-1152, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, June 1959
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Became fishing vessel Four Seasons (ON 280510), 1960
  • Placed under Kuwaiti flag, 1961
  • Final disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 128'
    Beam 30' 6"
    Draft 14'
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement
    Officers
    YP 3
    YFR 2
    Enlisted
    YP 22
    YFR 23 (3 CPOs 20 men)
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Union Diesel, direct drive
    single propeller, 560shp
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    YP-629
    YP-618 806k YP-618, YP-629 and YP-638 moored to a buoy, location unknown, circa 1945. John R. Adams for his father-in-law, Alvin Albertsen YP-618
    USS YF/YFR-1152
    YP-629 420k USS YFR-1152 underway off the southern coast of Cuba, circa 1950s CAPT James D. McLuckie USN (Ret.), CO USS YFR-1152, 1956-58
    YP-629 864k USS YFR-1152 underway off the southern coast of Cuba, circa 1957-58 Joe McLaughlin for his father, EM2 Eugene McLaughlin, USS YFR-1152, 1957-59
    YP-629 126k USS YFR-1152 crew at Gitmo, December 1957. L-R: EM2 Eugene McLaughlin, SN Ken Fidio, YN2 Jim Hill, SN Turnist(sp?) Joe McLaughlin for his father, EM2 Eugene McLaughlin, USS YFR-1152, 1957-59
    YP-629 186k USS YFR-1152 crew, circa 1958. L-R: SN Ken Fidio, EN2 McDonald, EM2 McLaughlin, YN2 Hill Joe McLaughlin for his father, EM2 Eugene McLaughlin, USS YFR-1152, 1957-59
    YP-629 833k Crew of USS YFR-1152, taken around decommisisoning date in Puerto Rico, June 1959 Joe McLaughlin for his father, EM2 Eugene McLaughlin, USS YFR-1152, 1957-59
    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-629 / YFR-1152 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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