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Lost to enemy action, 9 September 1942

YP-346

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 9 September 1942)
Bottom Row- American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
  • Built, date and place unknown
  • Transferred to the US Navy, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS YP-346, date unknown
  • During World War II YP-346 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • YP-346 was sunk by the Japanese cruiser HIJMS Sendai and three destroyers off Guadalcanal, 9 September 1942.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
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    YP-346 48k YP-346 with Tucker (DD-374) under tow in the Bruat Channel, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, at about 2330 Hrs. GCT, 3 August 1942. Tucker, jackknifed amidships, had struck a mine in the area at about 2145 Hrs. GCT on that day, breaking her keel. She sank on 4 August 1942. Photographed from a plane based on Curtiss (AV-4).
    US Navy photo # NH 77030 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-346 at NavSource
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