USS YP-278
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS YP-278 |
| Builder: | Campbell Machine Company, San Diego, California |
| Launched: | 1937 |
| Acquired: | 1942 |
| In service: | 1942 |
| Out of service: | 1946 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner; sunk 9 July 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Store ship |
| Displacement: | 334 long tons (339 t) |
| Length: | 129 ft (39 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 6-cylinder Union diesel engines, 2 propellers |
| Armament: | • 1 × 20 mm gun • 1 × .50 cal. machine gun |
USS YP-278 was a fishing trawler converted to an ocean-going refrigerator ship for the United States Navy, used to distribute food supplies in the Pacific theater during World War II.
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