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<html> <head> <title>YP</title> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000BB" VLINK="#50505F"> Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the <a href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/contactus.html?auxinfo&Auxiliaries Archive Manager&">Webmaster</a>. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible. <hr> <center> <h1> NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive</h1> <H1> YP-264</H1> <img src="http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/november.jpg" align="center" width="25" height="25"> <img src="http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/yankee.jpg" align="center"width="25" height="25"> <img src="http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/zulu.jpg" align="center" width="25" height="25"> <img src="http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/whiskey.jpg" align="center" width="25" height="25"> <a href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/sfpa.htm">International Radio Call Sign</a>: November - Yankee - Zulu - Whiskey NYZW <hr> Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons <image src="http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/amc.jpg" align="center" width="100" height="25"> <image src="http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/wwiivm.jpg" align="center" width="100" height="25"> Precedence of awards is from left to right American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal <hr> </center> District Patrol Craft <li>Built by San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, CA <li>Completed for Japanese national Tokunosuki Abe as the tuna clipper baitboat Alert, 1930 <li>Documented under US flag (ON 239140) to Alert Fishing Corporation, San Diego, CA, 1940 <li>Acquired by the Navy, 16 December 1941 <li>Placed in service as YP-264, 1942 <li>Allocated to the 15th Naval District at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone <li>Departed Canal Zone for Terminal Island, CA, November 1945 <li>Placed out of service, date unknown <li>Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown <li>Sold to O.L. Grimes, Seattle, WA, 20 January 1948 <li>Registered to Waechter Bros., Seattle, WA, 1954 <li>Registered to Filiate Science Antrorse Inland Development Co., Seattle, WA, 1959 <li>Final Disposition, abandoned 1961 <hr> Specifications: Displacement 180 gross tons, 92 net tons Length 90' 5" Beam 23' 0" Draft 10' 0" Speed unknown Complement unknown Armament unknown <dt>Propulsion <dd>one Diesel engine <dd>one propeller, 275hp</dd> <hr> <center> <TABLE BORDER=5 CELLPADDING=3 bgcolor="d3d3d3" > <th>Click On Image For Full Size Image</th> <th>Size</th> <th colspan="2">Image Description</th> <th>Source</th> <TR> <TD align=center><a href="143126401.jpg"><img border="3" src="http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/tn/143126401.gif" Alt="YP-264"</a></TD> <TD align=center> 63k</TD> <TD colspan="2">Tuna clipper baitboat Alert underway in San Diego Bay, probably upon completion and delivery to her owners, Tokunosuki Abe, of San Diego, circa 1931-32. Photo # UT 6740 courtesy the Maritime Museum of San Diego.</TD> <td>Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.</td> </Table> <hr> There is no DANFS history record available for USS YP-264</a> at NavSource <hr> Crew Contact And Reunion Information <a href="http://navylog.navymemorial.org/">U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log</a> <hr> <TABLE BORDER=2 CELLPADDING=1 bgcolor="d3d3d3" > <TD align=center><a href="http://www.NavSource.org/archives/home.html">Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page</a></td> <td align=center><a href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/ydidx.htm">Back To The Yard and District Craft Photo Index</a></td> <TD align=center><a href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/31idx.htm">Back To The Patrol Craft (YP) Photo Index </a></td> </table> <center> <table border="1" cellpadding="1" align=center> <td width="75%" align=center> Comments, Suggestions, E-mail <a href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/contactus.html?auxinfo&Auxiliaries Archive Manager&">Webmaster</a>. </table> <table border="1" cellpadding="1" align=center> <td width="75%" align=center> This page was created by Gary P. Priolo and is maintained by David L. Wright <img src="http://www.navsource.org/archives/helpers/copyright.gif" alt="All pages copyright NavSource Naval History" width="400" height="20"> </table> Last Updated 19 January 2021 </body> </html>