USS YP-49
US wooden-hulled patrol vessel, 1925–1943
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USS YP-49 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-182 from 1925 to 1934, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-49 from 1934 until 1943.
Sister ship YP-29 (ex CG-116) in 1941 | |
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| Name | CG-182 |
| Ordered | 1924 |
| Builder | Southern Shipyard Corporation, Newport News, Virginia |
| Commissioned | 1925 |
| Fate | Transferred to United States Navy, 1934 |
| Notes | |
  United States Navy | |
| Acquired | 1934 |
| Reclassified | YP-49 |
| Honours and awards | |
| Fate | scrapped, December 1943 |
| 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 Newport News, Virginia shipyard of the Southern Shipyard Corporation, one of 203 "Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard.[1][2][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-182.[2][3] In 1934, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP).[3] In December 1943, she was scrapped.[1][2]