![]() CG-263 astern of
CG-267 and CG-816,
Port Townsend, Washington, 1920s
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Name | CG-263 |
Ordered | 1924 |
Builder | Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, Seattle |
Commissioned | 1925 |
Identification |
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Fate | Transferred to United States Navy, 21 February 1934 |
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Name | YP-18 |
Acquired | 21 February 1934 |
Reclassified | YP-19 |
Stricken | 25 November 1938 |
Fate | unknown |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 37.5 GRT [2] |
Length | 74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a [2] |
Beam | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
Draught | 3.75 ft (1.14 m) |
Installed power | 500 SHP [2] |
Propulsion | two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers [2] |
Complement | 8 |
Armament | 1 x 1-pounder gun forward |
USS YP-18 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-263 from 1925 to 1934, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-18 from 1934 until 1938.
She was laid down at the Seattle shipyard of the Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, one of 203 " Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard. [3] [2] 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-263. [2] On 21 February 1934, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP). [2] She was assigned to the 13th Naval District where she trained reservists. [2] She was struck from the Naval List on 25 November 1938. [2]
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.
![]() CG-263 astern of
CG-267 and CG-816,
Port Townsend, Washington, 1920s
| |
![]() | |
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Name | CG-263 |
Ordered | 1924 |
Builder | Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, Seattle |
Commissioned | 1925 |
Identification |
|
Fate | Transferred to United States Navy, 21 February 1934 |
![]() ![]() | |
Name | YP-18 |
Acquired | 21 February 1934 |
Reclassified | YP-19 |
Stricken | 25 November 1938 |
Fate | unknown |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 37.5 GRT [2] |
Length | 74.9 ft (22.8 m) o/a [2] |
Beam | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
Draught | 3.75 ft (1.14 m) |
Installed power | 500 SHP [2] |
Propulsion | two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two propellers [2] |
Complement | 8 |
Armament | 1 x 1-pounder gun forward |
USS YP-18 was a wooden-hulled patrol vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as CG-263 from 1925 to 1934, and in the fleet of the United States Navy as YP-18 from 1934 until 1938.
She was laid down at the Seattle shipyard of the Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, one of 203 " Six-Bitters" ordered by the United States Coast Guard. [3] [2] 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-263. [2] On 21 February 1934, she was transferred to the United States Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP). [2] She was assigned to the 13th Naval District where she trained reservists. [2] She was struck from the Naval List on 25 November 1938. [2]
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.