Construction, Commissioning, and Shakedown
Yakutat (AVP-32) was laid down on 1 April 1942 at Seattle, Washington, by Associated Shipbuilders, Inc.. She was launched on 2 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Peter Barber, a mother who had lost three sons when the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) (BB-37) was sunk on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was commissioned on 31 March 1944 with Commander George K. Fraser in command.
After her shakedown in the San Diego, area, Yakutat got underway on 25 May 1942 and arrived at San Pedro, California, late on 26 May 1944. Following post-shakedown availability in the West Coast Shipbuilders' yard at San Pedro, she departed for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 17 June 1944.
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