History
Name	YP-86 (ex-Pacific Fisher)
Builder	Martinolich Shipbuilding Company, Tacoma
Completed	1937
Acquired	acquired by U.S. Navy, 7 April 1941
Decommissioned	27 June 1944
Out of service	1944
Stricken	18 July 1944
Identification	code letters: NBSO[1]
Honours and awards	American Defense Service Medal [1]  Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal[1]  World War II Victory Medal[1]
Fate	Sold to private sector, 1945
General characteristics
Type	Seiner
Displacement	113 gross tons 77 net tons[1]
Length	73.5 ft (22.4 m) o/a[1]
Beam	9.75 ft (2.97 m)[1]
Propulsion	one Diesel engine, single propeller, 200 shp[1]

USS YP-86 was a converted fishing vessel which served as an auxiliary patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

History

She was laid down as a seiner in the Tacoma shipyard of Martinolich Shipbuilding Company.^[2][3][1] She was completed in 1937 and named Pacific Fisher^[3][2] (ON 236159).^[1] On 7 April 1941, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP).^[1] She was one of the initial ships assembled by Captain Ralph C. Parker for the Alaskan Sector, Northwest Sea Frontier, 13th Naval District^[2] colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy". She spent her entire career serving in the Aleutian Islands.^[1]

On 27 June 1944, she was decommissioned.^[1] On 18 July 1944, she was struck from the Naval List.^[1] On 6 October 1944, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration.^[1] In 1945, she was sold to Coastwise Fisheries of Seattle, Washington.^[1] In 1961, she was sold to Merrill W. Henington of Seldovia, Alaska.^[1]

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