USS YP-10
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USS YP-10 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-194 from 1925 to 1934, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-10 from 1934 until 1941.
YP-10 (ex CG-194) in Manhattan, 1934-1941 | |
| Name | CG-194 |
|---|---|
| Ordered | 1924 |
| Builder | Chance Marine Construction Company, Annapolis, Maryland |
| Commissioned | 1925 |
| Home port | New York City |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to United States Navy, 1 January 1934 |
| Name | YP-10 |
| Acquired | 1 January 1934 |
| Reclassified | YP-10 |
| Fate | Sold, December 1941 |
| 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 |
History
She was laid down at the Annapolis, Maryland shipyard of Chance Marine Construction Company, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard.[3][2] She was designed for long-range picket and patrol duty during Prohibition for postings 20 to 30 miles from shore.[4] 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.[4] She was commissioned in 1925 as CG-194.[2] On 1 January 1934, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP) and assigned to the 3rd Naval District at New York City where she trained reservists.[2] In late 1940, she was transferred to the Panama Canal Zone, Fifteenth Naval District.[2] She was sold in December 1941.[2]