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USCGS John F. Pratt
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YP-96 (1941)
International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Delta - Xray
NUDX
District Patrol Craft
Built by Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, WA
Completed for Henry Stakset, Tacoma, WA, as fishing vessel Midnight Sun (ON 236643), 1937
Acquired by Navy, date unknown
Placed in service as YP-96, date unknown
Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 1941
Transferred to the Department of Commerce, US Coast and Geodetic Survey, 19 June 1941
Renamed USCGS John F. Pratt
Returned to Navy control at Seattle as YP-96, LT E.F. Hicks, Jr., USCGS, in charge, 13 April 1942
Operated in Puget Sound, 1942-45
Returned to owner as Midnight Sun, 1945
Sold to Sam Mezich, Port Armstrong, AK, 1946
Sold to Armstrong Fisheries, Inc., Ketchikan, AK, 1947
Sold to Floyd M. Rhoades, Greenfield, CA, 1954
Sold to M.J. Evich, Bellingham, WA, renamed St. Michael, 1960
Final disposition, fate unknown (still active 1986)
Specifications:
Displacement 107 gross tons / 73 net tons
Length 78' 1" overall
Beam 20' 3"
Draft 10' 0"
Speed unknown.
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion diesel, 200hp
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