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YP-28
ex
 CG-225 (1925 - 1934)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Delta - Mike
 NEDM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
  • Built by Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. Norfolk, VA
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commisioned as CG-225, 1925
  • Stationed at Biloxi, MS, 1925-1933
  • Transferred to the US Navy, 01 May 1934
  • Placed in service as YP-28, 1934
  • Assigned to Ninth Naval District, training reservists on the Great Lakes, 1934-1940
  • YP-28 was based at St. Paul, MN, during 1940
  • Sailed from Chicago to New Orleans, in company of YP-31, SC-330 and SC-432, 25 November - 11 December 1940
  • Reported to Tenth Naval District at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 12 May 1941
  • YP-28 operated mostly out of St. Thomas 1941-1944
    A 27 April 1943 memo noted, however, that she was "too small and lacking in characteristics suitable for adaptation
    to Inshore Patrol activities, particularly in regard to berthing facilities."
  • Coast Guard crew reported aboard, 28 April 1943
  • Coast Guard crew removed and returned to the Navy at Frontier Base, San Juan, 06 October 1944
  • Towed to Key West by YTM-460, November 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, November 1946
  • Registered to Quaker Shipyard & Machine Co., Camden, NJ, as Quaker's Pride (ON 254700), 1947
  • Final disposition, out of documentation, 1972
    Specifications:
    Displacement 37.5 tons
    Length 74' 11"
    Beam 13' 7"
    Draft 4'
    Speed 12 knots
    Complement 8
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines
    two propellers, 500shp
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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