March 13th, 2010 by , under nnmj.com.
Searching for information on a Navy Patrol Vessel: YP29I had also found all of the recent information you submitted. I am
now broading my search to include the YP "7" 9 incase it is a "7"
instead of a "2" on the photograph. Thanks-YP-29 was the designation of a Boeing aircraft:
"Boeing P-29"
USAF Museum
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/p29.htm
Are you thinking of PY29? If so, I can provide an answer.I have no other information other than it was a wooden ship built in
Alexandria Bay, NY at a place called Hutchinson's Boat Works and was
believed to be used during WW II along the East Coast perhaps YP 79.YP 29 This boat supposedly was built at Hutchinson Boat Works, by
Glenn Funress, in Alexandria Bay, NY and was a mine sweeper use in WW
II.MCM Mine Countermeasures Ship
MHC Coastal Mine Hunter
ML Minelayer
MS Minesweeper
MSB Minesweeping Boat
MSH Minesweeper,
MSO Minesweeper, Ocean
These vessels, however, were the “Y” class vessels and didn’t deal
with mines:
YP District Patrol Craft
YPD Pile Driver (Floating)
YPK Pontoon Storage Barge
If you have any additional information like the known campaigns, any
historical information or a christened name maybe we can come up with
something for you.
Regards;
Tutuzdad-gaStill looking for information on YP 79. The number on the ship is the
only information we have from the photo. Would appreciate any
information you may have on ships built at Hutchinson's in Alexandria
Bay.This is turing out to be an intriguing question. I've found
references to to both the YP-29 and PY-29, and it's clear that both
are one and the same ship (named either Mizpa or Mizpah -- choose your
spelling!).
PY (Patrol Yacht) 29 is the official Navy designation. Some history
of the ship is given at the two sites below, but it does not match the
history that you have given. Does this help? Or is it only confusing
things? Whichever, good luck in your search:
http://www.charlevoix.lib.mi.us/VII-002.htm
This 185 ft. luxury yacht was launched in 1926, built for the founder
and President of the Zenith Radio Corporation, Eugene McDonald, Jr.,
of Chicago... The MIZPA was taken over by the Navy in 1942 and served
in a convoy escort group as the YP-29. She was the flag ship of the
convoy group.
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http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/1329.htm
NavSource Online:
Patrol Yacht Photo Archive
PY-29 Mizpah
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Laid down in 1926 as yacht Savarona at Newport News Shipbuilding and
Drydock Corp., Newport News, VA; Renamed Mizpah, 1929; Acquired by the
Navy, 16 March 1942; Converted at Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon
Bay, Wisc; Commissioned USS Mizpah (PY-29), 26 October 1942;
Decommissioned, 15 January 1946;Some further clarification has just come in to me. It was an old
photograph. Perhaps it is a 79 instead of 29. as in YP 79.
Thanks for all your help.Sorry, I should have said that the first list on top are vessels
classified as mine operations vessels, but the others were "Y"
classification vessels that didn't work with mines or mine detection.
tutuzdad-gagoosebay...
Curiouser and curiouser...I went a different route and searched for
the shipbuilder and came across this blurb:
"Barnett (AP-11) was launched in 1928 as the passenger steamer
Santa Maria by Furness Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Haverton-on-Tees,
England, purchased by the Navy 9 August 1940; and commissioned
25 September 1940, Captain L. S. Pamper in in command."
What's even more interesting is the short sentence above it, about
another craft named Barnett:
"A small tug purchased in 1918 and later reclassified YT-29 was
known as Barnett."
Both quotes are from a page on the 'Haze Gray and Underway'
Naval History and Photography site's Dictionary of American
Naval Fighting Ships:
http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/volume_b/vol_b_02.htm
Any chance the Barnett built by Furness (not Funress) got
mixed up with the tug YT-29 in the history you're citing?
The coincidence here was just too much to ignore, so I
thought I'd ask.
sublime1-gagoosebay...
I found references to quite a few YP vessels, but not the YP-29.
Here's a list of YP WWII casualties, from a FAQ page on the US
Navy Military History site:
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Patrol Vessel, District (YP)
YP-16 lost due to Japanese occupation of the Philippine Islands and
stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942.
YP-17 lost due to Japanese occupation of the Philippine Islands and
stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942.
YP-26 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Canal Zone, Panama,
19 November 1942.
YP-47 sunk by collision off Staten Island, New York, 26 April 1943.
YP-72 destroyed by grounding at Adak, Aleutian Islands, 22 February
1943.
YP-73 destroyed by grounding in Kodiak Harbor, Alaska, 15 January
1945.
YP-74 sunk by collision, 6 September 1942.
YP-77 sunk in collision off Atlantic coast, 28 April 1942.
YP-88 destroyed by grounding at Amchitka, Aleutian Islands,
28 October 1943.
YP-94 destroyed by grounding, 18 February 1945.
YP-95 destroyed by grounding at Adak, Aleutian Islands,
1 May 1944.
YP-97 lost due to Japanese occupation of the Philippine Islands
and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942.
YP-128 destroyed by grounding off Monterey, California, 30 June
1942.
YP-183 destroyed by grounding on the west coast of Hawaii, 12
January 1943.
YP-205 destroyed by grounding, 1 November 1942.
YP-235 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Gulf of Mexico,
1 April 1943.
YP-270 destroyed by grounding, 30 June 1942.
YP-277 scuttled to avoid capture east of Hawaii, 23 May 1942.
YP-279 foundered in heavy weather off Townsville, Australia,
5 September 1943.
YP-281 foundered in heavy weather, 9 January 1944.
YP-284 sunk by surface ships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands,
25 October 1942.
YP-331 foundered in heavy weather, 23 March 1944.
YP-336 destroyed by grounding in the Delaware River, 23 February
1943.
YP-345 sunk southeast of Midway Island, 31 October 1942.
YP-346 sunk by surface ships in the South Pacific, 9 September
1942.
YP-383 sunk by collision, 24 November 1944.
YP-387 sunk by collision, 20 May 1942.
YP-389 sunk by a submarine off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina,
19 June 1942.
YP-405 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Caribbean Sea,
20 November 1942.
YP-422 destroyed by grounding off New Caledonia.
YP-426 destroyed by grounding, 16 December 1943.
YP-438 destroyed by grounding at Port Everglades, Florida,
20 March 1943.
YP-453 destroyed by grounding in the Bahama Islands, 15 April
1943.
YP-481 destroyed by grounding at Charleston, South Carolina,
25 April 1943.
YP-492 sunk by collision off east Florida, 8 January 1943.
YP-577 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Great Lakes,
23 January 1943.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-1.htm
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And this is another Navy listing of YP craft, all of which
have no name, from the Naval Vessel Registry - the Official
Inventory of US Naval Ships and Service Craft:
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Class Hull Name
YP 78 YP 584 NO NAME
YP 78 YP 585 NO NAME
YP 586 NO NAME
YP 78 YP 587 NO NAME
YP 78 YP 588 NO NAME
YP 589 NO NAME
YP 590 NO NAME
YP 78 YP 591 NO NAME
YP 654 YP 655 NO NAME
YP 654 YP 656 NO NAME
YP 654 YP 657 NO NAME
YP 654 YP 658 NO NAME
YP 654 YP 663 NO NAME
YP 654 YP 665 NO NAME
YP 654 YP 667 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 676 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 677 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 678 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 680 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 681 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 682 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 683 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 684 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 685 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 686 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 687 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 688 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 689 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 690 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 691 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 692 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 693 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 694 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 695 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 696 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 697 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 698 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 699 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 700 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 701 NO NAME
YP 676 YP 702 NO NAME
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrservicecraft/c_YP.htm
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Sorry I couldn't locate the YP-29.
sublime1-ga
Google Answers Researchergoosebay...
Hutchinson's has a rather primitive website which seems focused
on sales in the present, rather than their history. They do have
a contact page where you can send them a query or obtain their
phone and fax numbers:
http://www.hutchinsonsboatworks.com/new_page_6.htm
Perhaps someone their has access to archival information.#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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