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Yard Patrol craft provide realistic, at-sea training in navigation and seamanship for midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and used by the U.S Naval Sea Cadets Corps for Damage Control, and seamanship for familiarization out in the fleet. These craft can cruise for 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) for ...
All specially-built yard net tenders were reclassified in 1944 as auxiliary net laying ships, see List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy § Net laying ships (AN) for the reclassification result. The 24 impressed tugboats were reclassed as Net tender tugs (YNT), later some as tugboats (YTB or YTL).
Pages in category "Yard patrol boats of the United States Navy" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Thirteen patrol craft sweepers (PCS) were converted into amphibious landing control vessels during World War II and reclassified as Patrol Craft Sweeper, Control. Main article: List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships § Patrol craft sweeper, control (PCSC)
Badger was offered for sale by the Canadian Government as part of the YAG 300 Replacement Project, which saw the YAG boats replaced by new Orca-class patrol vessels. [4] In 2011 Badger was sold to a West Coast fisherman for $4,680.00 CAD and restored for use by a travel adventure company offering tours of the Barkley Sound, Clayoquot Sound, and ...
[1] [4] In 1941, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP). [1] She was one of the initial ships assigned to the Ralph C. Parker's Alaskan Sector [4] of the 13th Naval District colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy". In 1946, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration and sold. [1]
On 1 January 1934, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP) and assigned to the 3rd Naval District at New York City where she trained reservists. [2] In late 1940, she was transferred to the Panama Canal Zone, Fifteenth Naval District. [2] She was sold in December 1941. [2]
On 8 July 1942, a Royal Canadian Air Force Bristol Bolingbroke maritime patrol aircraft of No. 115 Squadron reported that it had bombed and damaged a submarine at The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC McLane (WSC-146) and the Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper HMCS Quatsino joined YP-251 on 9 July 1942, and the three ships began a search for the ...