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YP-159

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Tango - Mike
NITM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

YP-159 Class Patrol Craft
  • Built by Waterman SS Corp., Mobile AL
  • Completed for own account as company yacht Lysistrata III (ON 238851), 1939
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 20 December 1941
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • Allocated to Eighth Naval District
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 23 September 1944
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 02 May 1945
  • Sold to William Douglas Walker, Pensacola, FL, for $10,652, May 1945
  • Renamed Chanticleer II, 1951
  • Sold to Curry Corp., Miami, FL, renamed Lady Pelican, 1964
  • Final disposition, last listed in registers, 1971
    Specifications:
    Displacement 64 gross tons, 43 net tons
    Length 73' 7"
    Beam 17' 3"
    Draft 7' 0"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    two Superior MRD-6 diesels
    two propellers, 340hp
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    YP-159
    143115902
    34k Lysistrata III as completed, 1939.
    From a Superior Diesel ad in Yachting magazine, 1940
    Stan Svec
    YP-159
    143115901
    89k YP-159 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo
    Stan Svec

    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-159 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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