USS YP-18
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.jpg) CG-263 astern of CG-267 and CG-816, Port Townsend, Washington, 1920s | |
.png){kind=small} United States Coast Guard | |
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| Name | CG-263 |
| 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 February 1934 |
  United States Navy | |
| Name | YP-18 |
| Acquired | 21 February 1934 |
| Reclassified | YP-19 |
| Stricken | 25 November 1938 |
| Fate | unknown |
| 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-18 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-263 from 1925 to 1934, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-18 from 1934 until 1938.