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YP-635

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 1945 as a yacht, place unknown
  • Transferred to the US Navy, date unknown
  • Placed in service as YP-635, date unknown
  • Placed out of service and laid up in reserve, date unknown
  • Allocated to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, date unknown, named R/V Hugh M. Smith
  • Borrowed by Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 23 June 1959, from the USFWS
  • Returned to the US Navy in 1963
  • Transferred to the Government of American Samoa at Pago Pago
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 128'
    Beam 29'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 9 kts.
    Range 10,000 miles
    Endurance 45 days
    Complement crew 14, scientists 8
    Armament none
    Propulsion unknown
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    YP-635 70k Ex-YP-635 in the service of the US Fish and Wildlife Service as R/V Hugh M. Smith at anchored off Kehei, Maui, Hawaii, date unknown. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    There is no DANFS history record available for YP-635 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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