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USS YP-92


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Yankee - Lima
 NBYL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
District Patrol Craft
  • Built in 1938 as the wood-hulled commercial fishing boat Helen B. (Official Number 237295), at Tacoma, WA. for John Breskovich of Tacoma, WA.
  • Acquired by the US Navy and converted to a District Patrol Craft
  • Commissioned USS YP-92, date unknown, LT. Harold Wright in charge
  • During World War II USS YP-92 was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945     		Kurile Islands operation
    1 February 1944 to 11 August 1945

  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Returned to her owner in 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS YP-92 earned two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 102 t.(gross) 49 t.(lt)
    Length 72' 3"
    Beam 20' 4"
    Draft 9' 9"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two 200 hp diesel engines, twin shafts
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    YP-92 36k USS YP-92 moored pierside at Dutch Harbor, AK, date unknown. Earl W. Mundy, Jr. for his father Earl W. Mundy SC2 YP-92.
    YP-92 46k USS YP-92 moored pierside at Dutch Harbor, AK., date unknown. Earl W. Mundy, Jr. for his father Earl W. Mundy SC2 YP-92.
    YP-92 46k USS YP-92 crew members on deck after a show storm, date and location unknown. Earl W. Mundy, Jr. for his father Earl W. Mundy SC2 YP-92.
    YP-92 93k USS YP-92 rolling depth-charges, date and location unknown. Earl W. Mundy, Jr. for his father Earl W. Mundy SC2 YP-92.
    YP-92 95k Earl Mundy Sr. manning his general quarters station aboard USS YP-92, starboard side aft 20mm gun mount. Earl W. Mundy, Jr. for his father Earl W. Mundy SC2 YP-92.
    YP-92 31k USS YP-92 drydocked, date and location unknown. Earl W. Mundy, Jr. for his father Earl W. Mundy SC2 YP-92.
    YP-92 77k USS YP-92 Commanding Officer, LT. Harold Wright and Executive Officer LTJG Figge. Earl W. Mundy, Jr. for his father Earl W. Mundy SC2 YP-92.
    There is no DANFS history record available for USS YP-92 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
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