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YP-37
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CG-273 (1925 - 1934)
International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Lima - Quebec
NALQ
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 Lake Union Drydock & Machine Works, Seattle, WA
Launched, date unknown
Commissioned as CG-273, 1925
Transferred to the US Navy, 1934
Placed in service as YP-37, 1934
Assigned to Eleventh Naval District, training reservists at San Diego, CA, 1934-1941
YP-37 patrolled out of San Diego, 1941-1944
Placed out of service, September 1944
Transferred to Army as personnel launch Q 173, 26 April 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, 19 May 1945
Sold to Lawrence F. Johnson, Stockton, CA, as yacht Escape (ON 251987), 1947
Sold to Guard C. Darrah, Stockton, CA, 1954
Sold to John C. Stringer, Isleton, CA, 1961
Sold to Earl Allen, Sacramento, CA, 1963
Sold to Jennifer B. Hunn, Berkeley, CA, rig changed to fishing boat, 1972
Sold to Paul Worth Bishop, Oakland, CA, 1973
Final disposition, out of documentation between 1981-1988
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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Last Updated 29 March 2017