USS ''YP-279'' was a

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

district patrol craft during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. The ship was built by the

Campbell Machine Company Campbell Industries or Campbell Machine Company was a shipbuilding company in San Diego, California, most construction was Fishing boats. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Campbell Industries shipyard switched over to military constructi ...

of San Diego as a tuna seiner. Delivered in August 1929, she operated under the name ''Navigator'' until requisitioned by the United States Navy in 1942, and commissioned as the

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 ...

USS ''YP-279''. The ship foundered in heavy weather off Townsville,

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, on 5 September 1943.

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