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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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Secretary Class 100 ft Patrol Craft<br/>
Keel Laid - Launched <br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC MAHONING Patrol Craft'''<br/>Commissioned 15 May 1926 - Decommissioned 1935<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS YP-41'''<br/>Placed in service as District Patrol Craft YP-41 1935<br/>
Assigned to survey duty with the Fifteenth Naval District, Panama Canal Zone, 1937-1941<br/>
YP-41 operated with USS Bowditch (AG-30/AGS-4), YP-42 and YP-56, 1941-1946<br/>
Conducted surveys off Panama, Costa Rica, and Ecuador into early 1944<br/>
Conducted surveys at Majuro, February - March 1944<br/>
Conducted surveys at Eniewetok, April - June 1944<br/>
Conducted surveys at Saipan and Tinian, June 1944 - April 1945<br/>
Conducted surveys at Okinawa, April - October 1945<br/>
Departed Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa, for Pearl Harbor, along with YP-42 in tow of ATA-185, 03 November 1945<br/>
Placed out of service, date unknown<br/><br/>
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown<br/>
To War Shipping Administration for disposal, January 1947<br/>
Sold to Calvin C. Johnson, San Diego, CA, as fishing vessel Mahoning (ON 252519) 1947<br/>
To Mexican flag, 1948<br/>
Final disposition, unknown  
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date 
range for covers on that page.
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<li><!-- [[MAHONING_Covers_Page_1 | -->USCGC Mahoning Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
<li><!-- [[YP_41_Covers_Page_1 | -->USS YP-41 Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one 
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS YP-41 earned the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A creek and valley in Pennsylvania.<br/><br/>
'''HISTORY''' - The second cutter named MAHONING, 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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