USS YP-93 (1937)

USS YP-93 was a converted fishing vessel which served as an auxiliary patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

History
Name: YP-93 (ex-Margaret F)
Completed: 1937
Acquired: 14 April 1941
Honours and
awards:
Fate: sold, 1946
General characteristics
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement: 130 gross register tons[2]
Length: 76 ft (23 m) o/a[2]
Beam: 20 ft (6.1 m)[1]
Draught: 9.75 ft (2.97 m)[1]
Installed power: 200 shp[1]
Propulsion:
  • one Diesel engine[1]
  • single screw[1]

History

She was laid down in Seattle, Washington.[2] She was completed in 1937 and named Margaret F.[2][1][3] On 14 April 1941, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy, designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP), and assigned to the 13th Naval District.[1] She was one of the initial ships assigned to the Ralph C. Parker's Alaskan Sector[3] of the 13th Naval District colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy".

On 8 May 1946, she was struck from the Naval List on 8 May 1946,[1] transferred to the United States Maritime Administration, and sold later in the year.[2]

She is not to be confused with similarly designated USS YP-93 (ex-Zumbrota) built in 1914.[4]

References
  1. Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-93 (II)". NavSource - Naval Source History. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. Colton, Tim (28 March 2017). "Patrol and Training Craft (YP)". shipbuildinghistory.com.
  3. "Aleutian Heroes, the "Yippiees"". Pacific Motor Boat. April 1943. pp. 7–10.
  4. Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-93 ex-Zumbrota (SP 93)". NavSource - Naval Source History. Retrieved 10 June 2020.


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