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Campbell Industries converted some fish boats to US navy minesweepers like the USS Bunting (AMc-7) and USS Reedbird (AMc-30) in 1941; YP-292 District Patrol Craft, 1937, built as Tuna clipper Azoreana [12] Constitution Service, Pioneer Service, Liberty Service, Freedom Service and Independence Service Tugs for Zapata Marine Service Inc.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States Navy leased California-based tuna boats for the duration of the war or "until victory". [1] On 16 February 1942, San Diego Port Director Commander W.J. Morcott called a meeting of tuna skippers and crews at the Naval Reserve Armory telling the men "The Navy needs men to man the [clippers] – experienced men, like yourselves.
She also is known to have alternated between guard and patrol duty at San Diego ca. December 1917, rotating with Nomad and the patrol boats USS Normannia (SP-756), USS Rosa (SP-757), and occasionally USS Natalie Mae (SP-1005). [1] The Navy returned Albacore to her owner on 19 March 1919.
The ship was built as Prospect in 1938 by Campbell Industries in San Diego for the Star & Crescent Boat Company. It was given the identification code ON 237063 and began operations as a tuna clipper. [1] By the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Prospect was owned by Van Camp Sea Company and crewed entirely by ...
Pausing briefly at San Diego, she sailed from that port on the 9th, and arrived in isthmian waters on 25 March. Having been transferred to the Hawaiian Sea Frontier on 18 March, during her voyage southward, YP-284 set course northward, and returned to San Diego on 22 April, then sailed for the Hawaiian Islands on 6 May.
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