USS YP-15
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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.
Sister ship YP-29 (ex CG-116) in 1941 | |
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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 |
| Home port | Boston, Massachusetts (1933-1943) Newport, Rhode Island (1942-1944) Portland, Maine (1944-1945) |
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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 |
History
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]