USS YP-74
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USS YP-74 was a converted fishing vessel which served as an auxiliary patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
USS YP-74, 1940-1943
USCGC Onondaga
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USCGC Onondaga, a United States Coast Guard cutter, was built by Defoe Boat Works in Bay City, Michigan, commissioned on 11 September 1934. From its commissioning until 1941, Onondaga was stationed at
USS YP-74
…December 1941, Lieutenant John Backland USNR was named commanding officer. Once in Alaska, she and her fellow YPs joined the former Coast Guard cutter Onondaga and the gunboat Charleston to form what was colloquially called the "Alaskan Navy." Commandeer Charles E. ("Squeaky") Anderson, USNR, a "local character…
USCGC Onondaga (WPG-79).