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YP-70
International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Foxtrot - Quebec
NCFQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
Built by George S. Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA
Completed as the yacht Gypsy (ON 227588) for Robert F. Herrick, Boston, MA, 1928
Donated to Navy by Herrick, 15 July 1940
YP-70 was assigned to the 5th Naval District, operating out of Norfolk on patrol duties, 1940 - 1944
Manned by US Coast Guard personnel, 09 February 1942 - 04 September 1944
Placed out of service at Little Creek, VA, and laid up, 04 September 1944
Struck from Naval Register, 16 September 1944
To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, May 1945
Sold to William M. McRae, Norfolk, VA, as yacht Gypsy, 1947
Sold to Ernest J. Sanders, Elizabeth City, NC, 1950
Sold to O.K. Stamping Corp., Detroit, MI, 1956
Sold to Wilfred J. Stroh, Detroit, MI, 1960
Sold to Aqua Industries, West Palm Beach, FL, as fishing vessel, 1976
Final disposition, out of documentation, 1977
Specifications:
Displacement 108 gross tons
Length 97'3" (101'0" overall)
Beam 18' 0"
Draft 7' 6"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion two 250hp Speedway gas engines
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Stern view of yacht Gypsy underway, date unknown. |
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There is no DANFS history record available for YP-70 at NavSource
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
This page was created and is maintained by David L. Wright
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Last Updated 25 March 2017
