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YP-102

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Juliet - Sierra NEJS

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

District Patrol Craft

Built by Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, WA (YN 109)

Completed for novelist Stewart Edward White, San Francisco, CA, as yacht Kuru (ON 229565), 1930

Sold to Leon R. Phillips, Ketchikan, AK, 1936

Acquired by the US Navy, 05 December 1941

Placed in service as YP-102, date unknown

Assigned to the 11th Naval District

Operated out of NSB San Pedro on patrol duties, 1942 - 1945

Assigned to Radio Materiel School, Treasure Island, for training, late 1945

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 09 August 1946

Registered to Joseph A. Denni, Wilmington, CA, as yacht Kuru, 1946

Registered to John P. McNabb, Los Angeles, CA, 1948

Registered to Daniel S. Fletcher, Wilmington, CA, 1949

Registered to Hall Broadcasting Co., Inc., Hollywood, CA, renamed Creole, 1959

Registered to Mortimer W. Hall, Portland, OR, 1960

Registered to Dean Alfred Graham, Portland, OR, 1970

Registered to Kenneth E. Rodgers, Portland, OR, 1972

Registered to George D. Heisley, Jr., Portland, OR, 1975

Registered to California Maritime Academy Foundation, Inc., Vallejo, CA, 1978

Registered to Richard F. Billings, Sitka, AK, 1989

Registered to Creole, Inc., Seattle, WA, about 2010

Current status, still extant 2021

Specifications:
Displacement 72 gross tons, 49 net tons
Length 71' 7"
Beam 17' 5"
Draft 9' 4"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion

one Washington 4-cylinder diesel engine

single propeller, 120hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
143110201	528k	*Kuru* as completed. Photo from Motorship, June 1930.		Dave Wright

There is no DANFS history available for YP-102 at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Classic Yacht page for Creole

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Last Updated 20 February 2021