USS YP-400

USS YP-400, 1942-1943
History
Name	USS YP-400
Builder	Tacoma Boat Building Company, Tacoma
Completed	1942
Acquired	acquired by the U.S. Navy, 24 May 1942
Honors and awards	American Campaign Medal[1]  World War II Victory Medal[1]
Fate	unknown
Notes	Call sign: NZPS[1]
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	187 long tons (190 t)[1]
Length	93 ft (28 m) o/a[1]
Beam	24 ft (7.3 m)[1]
Installed power	400 shp[2]
Propulsion	Atlas Diesel engine[2] 1 × screw
Complement	18 (2 officers, 16 enlisted men)[2]

USS YP-400 was a seiner acquired by the U.S. Navy before completion during World War II to serve as a patrol boat.

History

She was laid down as a seiner^[2] at the Tacoma shipyard of the Tacoma Boat Building Company.^[1] On 24 May 1942, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy^[1] while still being built^[2] and completed later in the year.^[1] She was designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP) and assigned to the 13th Naval District.^[2] Her commanding officer was Lieutenant Commandeer Vernon Johnson.^[2] She was one of the initial ships assigned to Ralph C. Parker's Alaskan Sector of the 13th Naval District colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy".

In 1946, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission; her ultimate fate is unknown.^[1]

References

1. Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-400". NavSource – Naval Source History. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
2. "Aleutian Heroes, the "Yippiees"". Pacific Motor Boat. April 1943. pp. 7–10. The YP-400, a 94-foot, 400 hp Atlas diesel powered seiner taken over by the Navy while still on the builder's ways. Like other YP vessels, she's been in the thick of the Aleutian fighting ever since.