USS YP-45

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NameCG-133
Ordered1924
Commissioned1925
Sister ship YP-29 (ex CG-116) in 1941
United States Coast GuardUnited States Coast Guard
NameCG-133
Ordered1924
BuilderCrowninshield Shipbuilding Company, Fall River, Massachusetts
Commissioned1925
FateTransferred to United States Navy, 15 November 1933
Notes
United States Navy
Acquired1934
ReclassifiedYP-45
Stricken11 October 1945
Fatesold to War Shipping Administration, 1946
Notes
General characteristics
Tonnage37.5 GRT[1]
Length74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a[1]
Beam13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Draught3.75 ft (1.14 m)
Installed power500 SHP[1]
Propulsiontwo Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers[1]
Complement8
Armament1 x 1-pounder gun forward

USS YP-45 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-133 from 1925 to 1934, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-45 from 1934 until 1945.

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