USS ''YP-152'' was a converted fishing vessel which served as an auxiliary patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during

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History

She was laid down as

seiner A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing. The total number of fishing vessels in the world in 2016 was es ...

at the Tacoma shipyard of Western Boat Building Company, completed in 1936, and named ''Western Traveler''. On 18 December 1941, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy, designated as a

Yard Patrol Craft Yard Patrol craft are used by the United States Navy for training and for research purposes. They are designated as YP in the hull classification symbol system. They were nicknamed "Yippy boats" after the "YP" classification symbol. World War I ...

(YP), and assigned to the

13th Naval District The naval district was a U.S. Navy military and administrative command ashore. Apart from Naval District Washington, the Districts were disestablished and renamed Navy Regions about 1999, and are now under Commander, Naval Installations Command ...

. She was one of the initial ships assigned to the Ralph C. Parker's Alaskan Sector of the 13th Naval District colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy". In 1946, she was returned to her former owners. In 1961, she was involved in a collision and sunk in the

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off the coast of

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References

Auxiliary ships of the United States Navy Ships built in Tacoma, Washington 1936 ships Ships built by the Western Boat Building Company Yard patrol boats of the United States Navy Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign {{US-navy-stub