Sister ship YP-29 (ex CG-116) in 1941
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United States Coast Guard | |
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Name | CG-149 |
Ordered | 1924 |
Builder | Dachel-Carter Boat Company, Benton Harbor, Michigan |
Commissioned | 1925 |
Identification | |
Fate | transferred to United States Navy, 15 November 1933 |
United States | |
Name | YP-15 |
Acquired | 15 November 1933 |
Reclassified | YP-15 |
Stricken | 11 October 1945 |
Homeport | Boston, Massachusetts (1933-1943) Newport, Rhode Island (1942-1944) Portland, Maine (1944-1945) |
Identification |
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Honours and awards | |
Fate | sold to War Shipping Administration, July 1946; scrapped, 1964 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 37.5 GRT[2] |
Length | 74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a[2] |
Beam | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
Draught | 3.75 ft (1.14 m) |
Installed power | 500 SHP[2] |
Propulsion | two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers[2] |
Complement | 8 |
Armament | 1 x 1-pounder gun forward |
USS YP-15 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-149 from 1925 to 1933, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-15 from 1933 until 1945.
She was laid down at the Benton Harbor, Michigan shipyard of the Dachel-Carter Boat Company, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard.[2][4] She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore.[5] The date of her launching and completion is uncertain although the class design was finalized in April 1924 and all of the Six-Bitters were commissioned by 1925.[5] She was commissioned in 1925 as CG-149.[2] On 15 November 1933, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP).[2] She was assigned to the First Naval District where she trained reservists.[2][1] In 1942, she was assigned to Newport, Rhode Island. In April 1944, she was assigned to Portland, Maine.[2] She was struck from the Naval List on 11 October 1945 and sold to the War Shipping Administration in July 1946.[2] In 1946, she was sold to the private sector, renamed Lady Pauline (ON 250877) and thereafter had a number of owners.[2] She was scrapped in 1964.[2]