USS ''YP-279'' was a

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district patrol craft during

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. The ship was built by the Campbell Machine Company 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

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, on 5 September 1943.

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