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YP-434

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Romeo - Bravo
 NGRB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
  • Built at Essex, MA
  • Completed for John Williams, New Bedford, MA, as dragger William H. Killigrew (ON 227564), 1928
  • Later sold to Elmer Jacobson, New Bedford, MA
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 11 June 1942
  • Converted for Naval service at US Naval Dry Dock, South Boston, MA
  • Placed in service as YP-434 in 1942
  • Placed out of service in 1943
  • Returned to owner, 09 August 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 22 August 1944
  • Final Disposition, foundered 140 miles SE of Cape Cod, 20 March 1956
    Specifications:
    Displacement 74 gross tons, 50 net tons
    Length 80' 4" waterline, 87' 9' overall
    Beam 21' 6"
    Draft 10' 8"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament 3 single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one Cooper-Bessemer Diesel engine
    single propeller, 320shp
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    YP-433 108k YP-434 underway, date and location unknown. Stan Svec
    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-434 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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