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USS YP-420

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Uniform - November
NFUN

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

District Patrol Craft

Laid down, 1936, as a Diesel Beam Trawler for Bay State Fishing Co. at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME.

Launched, 1936

Delivered in 1936, to Bay State Fishing Co.

Acquired by the US Navy in June 1942

Converted for Naval service, between June and July 1942

Commissioned USS YP-420, 20 July 1942, ENS. E. J. Massello USNR in command

During World War II USS YP-420 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 369 t.(lt) 560 t.(fl)
Length 131' 2"
Beam 25' 1"
Draft 12' 2"
Speed unknown
Complement

Officers 2

Enlisted 20
Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four single 20mm AA gun mounts

two depth charge tracks
Propulsion

one McIntosh & Seymour Diesel engine

single propeller 750shp

Size	Image Description	Source
199k	USS YP-420 underway in Boston Harbor, circa 1942. In this photo she has not yet received her armament. US Navy photo	Stan Svec
420k	View of USS YP-420 looking aft from the forward mast, probably while fitting out at Boston, circa June-July 1942. US Navy photo.	Don Dewey in honor of his father Donald Lester Dewey YP-420
326k	USS YP-420 after fitting out. She now appears to have a single dual purpose 5"/38 bow mounted gun, four single 20mm gun mounts and two depth charge tracks.	Don Dewey in honor of his father Donald Lester Dewey YP-420
359k	USS YP-420 crew photo believed to be taken shortly after commissioning in July 1942.	Don Dewey in honor of his father Donald Lester Dewey YP-420

USS YP-420 Muster Roll, 20 July 1942, Date of Commissioning
Contributed by Don Dewey in honor of his father Donald Lester Dewey YP-420

There is no DANFS history record available for USS YP-420 at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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