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AVP-32 Yakutat
WAVP-380 / WHEC-380 Yakutat

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Whiskey - Juliet
Voice Call Sign - Germany Zulu

USS Yakutat (AVP-32) was transferred to the US Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)

USCGC Yakutat (WHEC-380) was transferred to South Vietnam and renamed RVNS Tran Nhat Duat (HQ-3) and later transferred to the Philippines
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (4)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Fourth Row - Vietnam Service Medal (4) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (4) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, 1 April 1942, at Associated Ship Builders Inc., Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 2 July 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Yakutat (AVP-32), 31 March 1944, CDR. George K. Fraser in command
  • Decommissioned, 17 April 1946, at NAS Alameda, Alameda, CA.
  • Transferred on loan to the US Coast Guard, 31 August 1948
  • Commissioned USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380), 23 November 1948
  • Redesignated High Endurance Cutter (WHEC-380), 1 May 1966
  • During the Vietnam War Yakutat (WHEC-380) was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three, Vietnam, from 17 May to 31 December 1970 and participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    31 May 1967     		Sanctuary Counteroffensive
    10 to 30 June 1970
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    1 July to 18 December 1967     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    1 to 6 and 16 to 19 July 1970
    30 July to 7 August 1970
    17 to 22 and 24 to 28 August 1970
    27 October to 6 November 1970
    22 November 1970 to 1 January 1971

  • Decommissioned by the Coast Guard in 1970
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to South Vietnam, 10 January 1971 and renamed RVNS Tran Nhat Duat (HQ-3)
  • Taken over by the Philippines, April 1975
  • Acquired by the Philippines, 6 April 1976
  • Final Disposition, cannibalized for parts, fate unknown
  • Yakutat received four battle stars for her World War II service and four campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,766 t.(lt) 2,528 t.(fl)
    Length 309' 10"
    Beam 41'
    Draft 12' 6"
    Speed 19.4 kts.
    USCG Complement 10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 138 enlisted
    Armament
    USN one single 5"/38, one quad 40mm gun mount, two dual 40mm gun mounts, four dual 20mm gun mounts
    USCG one single 5"/38 MK 30-70 dual purpose gun mount, one MK 26 Mod 1 Fire Control Radar, one MK 10 Mod 1 A/S Projector, two MK32 Mod 5 torpedo Tubes
    Electronics
    Radar: SPS-23, SPS-29B; SPS-4B; SPS-52
    Sonar: SQS-1
    Propulsion Fairbanks-Morse, direct reversing diesels, two shafts, 6,080hp
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    USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
    Yakutat 109k Yakutat (AVP-32) off Seattle, WA,, 30 March 1944, one day before she was commissioned. She has a main armament of three 5"/38 guns. Yakutat is painted camouflage scheme/measure 32/5D in this photo.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-63328, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380) (WHEC-380)
    Yakutat 44k Yakutat (WAVP-380) underway in 1960, place unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Yakutat 68k Yakutat (WAVP-380) at Boston in July 1961. © Richard Leonhardt
    Yakutat 62k Yakutat (WAVP-380) off Boston in July 1961. © Richard Leonhardt
    Yakutat 72k Yakutat (WAVP-380) at Boston in July 1961. © Richard Leonhardt
    Yakutat 50k Yakutat (WAVP-380) at Boston in August 1961. © Richard Leonhardt
    Yakutat 63k Yakutat (WAVP-380) underway, date and place unknown. Len Laesser
    Yakutat 79k Yakutat (WHEC-380) alongside Ajax (AR-6) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippine Islands in August 1967. Photo by Larry Backus
    Yakutat 61k Yakutat (WHEC-380) underway in 1969, place unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Yakutat 64k Yakutat (WHEC-380) underway, date and place unknown. Hazegray & Underway Web Site
    RVNS Tran Nhat Duat (HQ-3)
    Yakutat 76k ex Yakutat (AVP-32) underway in South Vietnamese service as Tran Nhat Duat (HQ-3), at Saigon, May 1972 © Richard Leonhardt
    View the Yakutat (AVP-32)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - Yakutat WHEC-380
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