USS YP-17
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USS YP-17 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-275 from 1925 to 1933, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-17 from 1933 until 1941. She was captured by Japanese forces during the Japanese attack on Guam.
Sister ship YP-29 (ex CG-116) in 1941 | |
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| Name | CG-275 |
| Ordered | 1924 |
| Builder | Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, Seattle |
| Commissioned | 1925 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to United States Navy, 21 June 1933 |
  United States Navy | |
| Name | YP-17 |
| Acquired | 21 June 1933 |
| Reclassified | YP-17 |
| Stricken | 24 July 1942 |
| Home port | Agana, Guam |
| Identification |
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| Honours and awards | |
| Fate | captured, 10 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 37.5 GRT[3] |
| Length | 74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a[3] |
| Beam | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
| Draught | 3.75 ft (1.14 m) |
| Installed power | 500 SHP[3] |
| Propulsion | two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers[3] |
| Complement | 8 |
| Armament | 1 x 1-pounder gun forward |
History
She was laid down at the Seattle shipyard of the Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, Seattle, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard.[3] 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-275.[3]
On 21 June 1933, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP).[3] She was assigned to the 13th Naval District where she trained reservists.[3] On 22 October 1940, she along with her sister ship YP-16, were delivered to Guam aboard the replenishment oiler USS Ramapo for duty as a patrol boat and for island defense.[3]
On 10 December 1941, during the Japanese attack on Guam, she was attacked and damaged by Japanese aircraft.[3][5] Her crew was unable to set her ablaze (the fate of her sister ship, YP-16) before she was captured by the Japanese.[6] She was struck from the Naval List on 24 July 1942.[3] Her crew was sent to Japanese internment camps.[3] Her ultimate fate is unknown.[6]
She was awarded one battle star.[3]