USS YP-18 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-263 from 1925 to 1934, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-18 from 1934 until 1938.
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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.[2][3] She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore.[4] 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.[4] She was commissioned in 1925 as CG-263.[3] On 21 February 1934, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP).[3] She was assigned to the 13th Naval District where she trained reservists.[3] She was struck from the Naval List on 25 November 1938.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the U.S. - Government Ship Radio Stations. United States Department of Commerce. June 30, 1924. pp. 100–101. https://books.google.com/books?id=oz4tAQAAIAAJ&q=C.+G.+252+coast+guard&pg=RA5-PA100.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L.. "YP-18 ex CG-263 (1925 - 1934)". http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/31018.htm. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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."
The original article can be found at USS YP-18 and the edit history here.
| Ship image=File:CG-267 aside CG-816 and CG-263, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (snipped).jpg | Ship caption=CG-263 astern of CG-267 and CG-816, Port Townsend, Washington, 1920s | module= |
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| Name: | CG-263 | |
| Ordered: | 1924 | |
| Builder: | Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, Seattle | |
| Commissioned: | 1925 | |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | Transferred to United States Navy, 21 February 1934 | |
| Career (United States Navy) |   |
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| Name: | YP-18 | |
| Acquired: | 21 February 1934 | |
| Reclassified: | YP-19 | |
| Struck: | 25 November 1938 | |
| Fate: | unknown |
