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YP-378
Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Romeo - Victor
NYRV
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 Morse Shipyard, Thomaston, ME
Launched, 14 May 1941
Completed for William D. Eldridge, New Bedford, MA, as fishing vessel Harriet N. Eldridge (ON 240907), 1941
Acquired by the US Navy, 26 January 1942
Placed in service as Base Minesweeper AMb-20, 28 April 1942
Reclassified District Patrol Craft YP-377, 01 May 1942
Attached to Eastern Sea Frontier on patrol duties in New England waters, 1942-44
Placed out of service, date unknown
Struck from the Naval Register, 16 September 1944
To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 28 September 1944
Sold to Area Products Corp., New Bedford, MA, renamed Diana A, 1945
Sold to Tharald Drivdahl, Fairhaven, MA, renamed Malene and Marie, 1947
Sunk 50 miles east of Nantucket after colliding in heavy fog with Polish trawler Nidzica, 18 August 1971
Specifications:
Displacement 106 gross tons, 51 net tons
Length 88' 7"
Beam 19' 5"
Draft 10' 2"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion
one Cooper-Bessemer diesel engine
single propeller, 230hp
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Last Updated 20 February 2021