USS YP-49

Sister ship YP-29 (ex CG-116) in 1941
United States Coast GuardUnited States Coast Guard
NameCG-182
Ordered1924
BuilderSouthern Shipyard Corporation, Newport News, Virginia
Commissioned1925
FateTransferred to United States Navy, 1934
Notes
United States Navy
Acquired1934
ReclassifiedYP-49
Honours and
awards
Fatescrapped, December 1943
General characteristics
Tonnage37.5 GRT[2]
Length74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a[2]
Beam13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Draught3.75 ft (1.14 m)
Installed power500 SHP[2]
Propulsiontwo Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers[2]
Complement8
Armament1 x 1-pounder gun forward

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.

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-49 ex CG-152 (1924 - 1935)". NavSource - Naval Source History. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Flynn, Jr., James T. (23 June 2014). Vessels of less than 100-feet in Length (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915 - 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Colton, Tim (28 March 2017). "Patrol and Training Craft (YP)". shipbuildinghistory.com.
  4. ^ a b Canney, Donald L. (1989). "Rum War: The U.S. Coast Guard and Prohibition (Coast Guard Bicentennial Series)" (PDF). U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 17 March 2020. The final plans were available in April 2014 and the first of the class, CG-100, was commission October 21, 1924. CG-302, the last completed, was commissioned July 18, 1925. An average of five completed each week.