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YP-88

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

YP-88 Class Patrol Craft

Built at Seattle, WA, 1937

Completed for Olaf Hanseth, Seattle, WA, as fishing vessel Adventure (ON 236511), August 1937

Acquired by the US Navy, 29 March 1941

Placed in service as YP-88, 1941

Allocated to Thirteenth Naval District, operated in Aleutians

Grounded in 50 knot winds on Bird Rock, off NW Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands, 28 October 1943

Cree (AT-84 arrived to attempt salvage, but wind and ground swells prevented this

Vessel abandoned by crew without loss of life, 30 October 1943

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 February 1944

Specifications:
Displacement 101 gross tons, 69 net tons
Length 74' 6"
Beam 20' 4"
Draft 9' 8"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament

one 3"/23 gun
Propulsion

one Diesel engine

single propeller, 200shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
143108801	41k	YP-88 underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the US Navy Memorial		Stan Svec

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