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USS YP-438

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

District Patrol Craft

Built in 1906 as a wooden-hulled Gloucester fishing schooner, date and location unknown

Acquired by the US Navy in 1942

Commissioned USS YP-438 at East Boston, MA in October 1942, LTjg. Russell E. Sard USNR in command

Final Disposition, struck a coral head off Fort Lauderdale, FL., 20 March 1943 while under tow and sank

Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 130 t.
Length 120'
Beam unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement

two officers

twelve enlisted
Armament

three single 20mm AA gun mounts

four depth charges
Propulsion

one Atlas Imperial Diesel engine

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	308k	FV Donald Amirault moored pierside, 22 June 1942, at Navy Yard Boston, MA. for conversion to a District Patrol Craft (YP). US Navy photo		George Johnson BMCM USN Ret.
	394k	Ex-FV Donald Amirault in service as US Navy District Patrol Craft *YP-438* underway, circa 1942-43, location unknown. US Navy photo		George Johnson BMCM USN Ret.

There is no DANFS history record available for YP-438 at NavSource

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The Last Cruise of the YP-438

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Last Updated 22 February 2013