USS YP-18

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.

CG-263 astern of CG-267 and CG-816, Port Townsend, Washington, 1920s
United States Coast Guard
Name	CG-263
Ordered	1924
Builder	Lake Union Dry Dock and Machine Works, Seattle
Commissioned	1925
Identification	code letters: NEBF[1]
Fate	Transferred to United States Navy, 21 February 1934
United States Navy
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

History

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]