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YP-654

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Oscar - Sierra - Echo
 NOSE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal (2)
YP- 654 Class Training Craft
  • Laid down, 4 January 1957, at Stephens Bros, Inc., Stockton, CA
  • Launched, 26 July 1957
  • Delivered and placed in service, 14 March 1958
  • Reclassified to combatant craft, 1 February 1989
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, date unknown, to Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Piney Point MD., named M/V Osprey
  • Current status, purchased in 2010 by Thomas O. Nutt Jr. CAPT. USN Ret., renamed YP-654, homeported at Reedville, VA. States plans to restore the boats exterior to her original look
    Specifications:
    Displacement 66 t.(fl)
    Length 81'
    Beam 18'
    Draft 6'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Armament none
    Complement 2 Officers, 8 Enlisted
    Range 1800 nm
    Propulsion
    two 12V-71N Detroit Diesel engines
    two propellers, 437 SHP 437 shaft horsepower @ 2,100 RPM
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    YP-654
    YP-654 30k YP-654 underway, probably undergoing acceptance trials in the San Joaquin River, early 1958.
    Stephens Bros. Inc. photo    		 CAPT. Thomas O. Nutt Jr. USN Ret.
    YP-654 57k YP-654 being deck loaded aboard a ship, probably for transit from Stockton, CA. to Annapolis MD., early 1958.
    Stephens Bros. Inc. photo.    		 CAPT. Thomas O. Nutt Jr. USN Ret.
    YP-654 56k YP-654 underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    M/V YP-654
    YP-654 993k M/V YP-654 moored at Reedville, VA. in 2010. Note she still carries her old name M/V Osprey and port Piney Point. CAPT. Thomas O. Nutt Jr. USN Ret.
    YP-654 538k M/V YP-654 exterior renovation photos, early 2012 CAPT. Thomas O. Nutt Jr. USN Ret.
    YP-654 490k
    YP-654 477k
    YP-654 26k M/V YP-654 moored in her berth near Reedville, VA., date unknown. CAPT. Thomas O. Nutt Jr. USN Ret.
    YP-654 282k M/V YP-654 moored in her berth near Reedville, VA., 17 March 2012. CAPT. Thomas O. Nutt Jr. USN Ret.
    YP-654 212k M/V YP-654 moored in her berth near Reedville, VA., restoration progress photo, August 2012. CAPT. Thomas O. Nutt Jr. USN Ret.
    YP-654 139k M/V YP-654 transom, restoration progress photo, August 2012. CAPT. Thomas O. Nutt Jr. USN Ret.
    YP-654 106k M/V YP-654 moored in her berth near Reedville, VA., February 2013. CAPT. Thomas O. Nutt Jr. USN Ret.
    YP-654 Class
    YP-654 YP-654 YP-654 YP-654 class boats were utilized at th US Naval Academy for basic seamanship for 4th class midshipmen and advanced tactics and command training for Second class and First Class midshipmen. Bill Stevens Class of 1968
    There is no DANFS history record for YP-654 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Yard Patrol Craft - YP
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