| USS YP-17 | |
|---|---|
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19-N-23828 USS YP-29.jpg Sister ship YP-29 (ex CG-116) in 1941 | |
| Career (United States Coast Guard) |  |
| Name: | CG-275 |
| Ordered: | 1924 |
| Builder: | Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works |
| Commissioned: | 1925 |
| Fate: | transferred to United States Navy, 21 June 1933 |
| Career (United States Navy) |   |
| Name: | YP-17 |
| Acquired: | 21 June 1933 |
| Reclassified: | YP-17 |
| Struck: | 24 July 1942 |
| Homeport: | Agana, Guam |
| Honours and awards: | |
| Fate: | captured, 10 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 37.5 GRT[1] |
| Length: | 74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a[1] |
| Beam: | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
| Draught: | 3.75 ft (1.14 m) |
| Installed power: | 500 SHP[1] |
| Propulsion: | two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers[1] |
| Complement: | 8 |
| Armament: |
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USS YP-17 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-275 from 1925 to 1933, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-17 from 1933 until 1941. She was captured by Japanese forces during the Japanese attack on Guam.
History[]
She was laid down at the Seattle shipyard of the Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard.[1] She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore.[2] The date of her launching and completion is uncertain although the class design was finalized in April 1924 and all of the Six-Bitters were commissioned by 1925.[2] She was commissioned in 1925 as CG-275.[1] On 21 June 1933, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP).[1] She was assigned to the 13th Naval District where she trained reservists.[1] On 22 October 1940, she along with her sister ship YP-16, were delivered to Guam aboard the replenishment oiler USS Ramapo for duty as a patrol boat and island defense.[1] On 10 December 1941, she was attacked and damaged by Japanese aircraft;[1][3] and captured during the Japanese attack on Guam. She was struck from the Naval List on 24 July 1942.[1] Her crew was sent to Japanese internment camps.[1] She was awarded one battle star.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L.. "YP-17 ex CG-275 (1925 - 1934)". http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/31017.htm. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Canney, Donald L. (1989). "Rum War: The U.S. Coast Guard and Prohibition (Coast Guard Bicentennial Series)". U.S. Coast Guard. https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jul/01/2001772272/-1/-1/0/RUMWAR.PDF. Retrieved 17 March 2020. "The final plans were available in April 2014 and the first of the class, CG-100, was commission October 21, 1924. CG-302, the last completed, was commissioned July 18, 1925. An average of five completed each week."
- ↑ Flynn, Jr., James T. (June 23, 2014). Vessels of less than 100-feet in Length. U.S. Coast Guard Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915 - 2012. https://media.defense.gov/2018/Apr/11/2001901931/-1/-1/0/FLYNN_SMALL_CUTTERS_WPBS-2014.PDF.
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