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Lost to enemy action, 10 December 1941

YP-16

ex CG-267 (1925 - 1934)


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


District Patrol Craft * Built by Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, Seattle, WA * Launched, date unknown * Commissioned as CG-267, 1925 * Stationed at San Pedro, CA, 1925 - 1934 * Transferred to the US Navy, January 1934 * Placed in service as YP-16, 03 February 1934 * Assigned to Thirteenth Naval District, training reservists, 1934-1940 * YP-16 was delivered along with YP-17 by USS Ramapo (AO-12) to Apra Harbor, Guam, 22 October 1940 * Both were to augment the local defenses and to provide naval surveillance and reconnaissance in the waters around Guam * Driven aground in typhoon at Piti, Guam, 03 November 1940 * Damaged by strafing Japanese aircraft and abandoned, 10 December 1941 * Struck from the Naval Register, 24 July 1942 * YP-16 earned one battle star for World War II service for the Philippine Islands Operation (including Guam)

Specifications:
Displacement 37.5 tons
Length 74' 11"
Beam 13' 7"
Draft 3' 9"
Speed 12 knots
Complement 8
Armament unknown
Propulsion
two Sterling 6-cylinder gasoline engines
two propellers, 500shp

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There is no DANFS history record available for YP-16 at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
**YP-16 personnel captured at Guam and imprisoned in Japan
| USN | | | |
| ----------------------------- | ---- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| Saunders, Philip Earl | CBM | 3801732 | Imprisoned in Osaka area |
| Ashton, Henry Jay | BM2c | 2071242 | imprisoned at Hirohata |
| Fabian, Henry Jr. | MM2c | 2232774 | imprisoned in Osaka area |
| Binns, Donald Adair | Cox | 3419733 | imprisoned at Zentsuji |
| Wash, Jack Lawrence | S1c | 3822756 | imprisoned at Zentsuji |
| Dahlsted, Arthur Benedict | F1c | 3287088 | in Osaka Area |

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