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YP-657

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Oscar - Xray
 NJOX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal (2)
YP- 654 Class Training Craft
  • Built by Stephen Bros., Stockton, CA (YN M-4)
  • Laid down, 15 March 1957
  • Launched, 08 August 1957
  • Delivered and placed in service, 26 June 1958
  • Served as trainig craft at US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1958 - unknown date
  • Served with Surface Warfare Officer's School Pacific at Coronado CA (unofficially named Freedom), 1988 - 1992
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to other agency, 04 February 1994
  • Donated to Pittsburgh Voyager (now RiverQuest), a not for profit educational foundation, by USN Community Service Program, 1996
  • Transported to New Orleans aboard aboard USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)
  • Refitted at Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, LA
  • Departed for Pittsburgh via Tombigbee Waterway & Ohio River, May 1997
  • Documented as Discovery (ON 1031081), 1997
  • Retired in 2009 and sold
  • Registered to Chris Cox, Cambrdige, MD, as Arctic Loon, circa 2009
  • Final disposition, noted as yacht Sea Wolf at a Cambridge marina, 2022
    Specifications:
    Displacement 66 tons (fl)
    Length 81'
    Beam 18'
    Draft 6'
    Speed 12 knots
    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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    YP-657
    YP-656
    143165601    		 224k YP-656, YP-658 and YP-657 underway in column formation near the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD. while conducting midshipman training, date unknown. Bill Stevens
    YP-657
    143165701    		 121k YP-657 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Stan Svec
    Commercial Service
    YP-657
    143165702    		 12k Undated image of Discovery. Robert Hurst
    YP-657
    143165703    		 56k Ex-YP-657 as Discovery, date and location unknown. Dave Wright
    YP-657
    143165706    		 948k Panoramic view of Sea Wolf moored at Cambridge, MD, July 2022. Tim Smith
    YP-657
    143165704    		 687k Two views of Sea Wolf moored at Cambridge, MD, July 2022. Don Barker
    YP-657
    143165705    		 578k
    There is no DANFS history record for YP-657 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
    RiverQuest
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    Last Updated 05 August 2022