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YP-161
International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Juliet - Sierra
NAJS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
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American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YP-161 Class Patrol Craft
Built by Covacevich Shipyard, Biloxi, MS
Completed for W.C. Kelly (Waterman Steamship Corp.), Mobile, AL, as yacht Lysistrata (ON 233073), 1934
Registered to Mobile Paint Manufacturing Co.,Mobile, AL, renamed Yes Sir, October 1936
Acquired by the US Navy, 20 December 1941
Placed in service, date unknown
Allocated to Eighth Naval District, operating out of Mobile and Pensacola
Placed out of service at New Orleans, September 1944
Struck from the Naval Register, 23 September 1944
To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 23 August 1945
Transferred to British flag, 1948
Final disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 44 gross tons, 30 net tons
Length 66' 9"
Beam 14' 7"
Draft 5' 9"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion
two diesels
two propellers, 300hp
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Last Updated 03 December 2021