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YP-202


International Radio Call Sign:
November - X-Ray - Victor - Delta
 NXVD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
  • Built by Salisbury Shipbuilding Co., Salisbury, MD
  • Completed for liquor merchant James Carstairs, Philadelphia, PA, as yacht Normada (ON 230047), 1930
  • Sold to Henry H. Rogers, New York, NY, 1934
  • Sold to brewer and New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, New York, NY, and fittingly renamed Yankee, 1936
  • Sold to Minnie Thomson, Greenwich, CT and renamed Almina, 1939
  • Sold to rum magnate Pedro J. Serralles, San Juan, PR, 1940
  • Acquired by Navy at San Juan, 07 January 1942
  • Placed in service as YP-202, May 1942
  • Assigned to Tenth Naval District on patrol duty in Caribbean, 1942-1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 29 July 1944
  • To WAA (War Assets Administration) for disposal, 05 June 1947
  • Final disposition, fate unknown - assume sold foreign; does not reappear on US register
    Specifications:
    Displacement 153 gross tons, 104 net tons
    Length 116' 2"
    Beam 19' 0"
    Draft 9' 4"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    two Treiber 12-cylinder diesel engines
    two propellers, 900hp
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    YP-202 70k Normada as completed. Photo by M. Rosenfeld, from Motor Boating, February 1931. Dave Wright
    YP-202 61k Normada underway, as completed. Photo from Motor Boating, January 1931. Dave Wright
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Jacob A. Barnett D-V(G), USNR(November 1942)
    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-202 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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