YP 62
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Keel Laid - Launched Placed in service as YP-62, 1936 Assigned to Ninth Naval District, Toledo, OH for reservist training, 1936 - 1940 Moved from Great Lakes to New York, NY, November 1940 Assigned to Task Force 24, based at Argentia, Newfoundland, late 1941 - October 1943 Reported for duty with ComServForLant at Norfolk, 16 November 1943 YP-62 operated out of Norfolk through the end of World War II Reported to Com5 for disposal 3 October 1945 Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown To the War Shipping Administration for disposal 14 August 1946 |
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Postmarks
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USS YP-62
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Locy Type 7z |
1944-07-01 |
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Ship had no postal facilities. Official Mail. From the Tom Kean collection.
Other Information
USS YP-62 earned the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Thomas Corwin (29 July 1794 – 18 December 1865)
Thomas Corwin was the 20th Secretary of the Treasury. His term in office began on 23 July 1850, and he served until 6 March 1853. Corwin returned to the United States House of Representatives in 1859 and resigned from Congress in March 1861 to become the United States Ambassador to Mexico. He held that position until 1864.
Corwin had established himself as "the most captivating and effective political orator the country had ever produced" during his years as a Whig senator from Ohio from 1845 until 1850. Like William M. Meredith, the 19th Secretary of the Treasury, Corwin believed in a protective tariff, but he did not want to make sudden or drastic changes in the free-trade tariff law of 1846. He objected to that law's provisions, which taxed some imported raw materials at a higher rate than the imported manufactured goods made from those materials. Corwin stated in a report to Congress that, "such provisions certainly take from the manufacturer and artisan that encouragement which the present law was intended to afford." As a longtime Whig, however, Corwin was unsuccessful in passing any tariff legislation in a Congress controlled by Democrats.
HISTORY - The second cutter named CORWIN, a 100-foot patrol boat built to combat rum-runners during Prohibition, was one of 13 in her class. These 13 were steel-hulled patrol boats that were capable of close inshore work but were slower than the 75-foot patrol boats. They made up for their slower speed and lack of maneuverability with better accommodations for the crew so that they could stay at sea for longer periods and work well off-shore. They were all built by Defoe Boat & Motor Works of Bay City, Michigan.
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