YP 42

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.

Secretary Class 100 ft Patrol Craft Keel Laid - Launched USCGC GALLATIN Patrol Craft Commissioned 10 May 1926 - Decommissioned 24 July 1935 USS YP-42 Transferred to the US Navy in 1935 Placed in service as District Patrol Craft YP-42, 1935 Assigned to survey duty with the Fifteenth Naval District in the Panama Canal Zone, 1937-1941 Operated with USS Bowditch (AG-30/AGS-4), YP-41 and YP-56, 1941-1946 Conducted surveys off Panama, Costa Rica, and Ecuador into early 1944 Conducted surveys at Majuro, February - March 1944 Conducted surveys at Eniewetok, April - June 1944 Conducted surveys at Saipan and Tinian, June 1944 - April 1945 Conducted surveys at Okinawa, April - October 1945 Grounded at Okinawa in Typhoon Louise, 09 October 1945 Refloated, 12 October 1945 Departed Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa, for Pearl Harbor, along with YP-41, in tow of ATA-185, 03 November 1945 Placed out of service, date unknown Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946 To War Shipping Administration for disposal, December 1946 Sold to Clarence Ferry, San Diego, CA, 06 December 1946 Resold to J.W. Sefton Foundation as a research vessel and named Orca, circa 1950 Resold to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, June 1956 Resold to Murphy Marine Service, San Diego,October 1962 Resold to Clarence Ferry as yacht (ON 292567), 1963 Resold to Joe L. Rose, Pismo Beach, CA, 1964 Resold again to Swamp Buggies, Inc., Houma, LA September 1964 Resold to the Independent Exploration Co. of Texas, Houma, LA, 1965 Resold to Bay Boats, Inc., Seabrook, TX, 1970 Dropped from documentation, September-October 1970 Redocumented Exploration, March-April 1973 Final Disposition, fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Gallatin Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)
2. USS YP-42 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Other Information

USS YP-42 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.

NAMESAKE - Gallatin was named for President Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin.

HISTORY - The fifth cutter named GALLATIN, 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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