USS YP-86

YP-86 was a converted fishing vessel that 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 the Martinolich Shipbuilding Company. She was completed in 1937 and named Pacific Fisher. On 7 April 1941, she was acquired by the Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol (YP). She was one of the initial ships assembled by Captain Ralph C. Parker for the Alaskan Sector, Northwest Sea Frontier, 13th Naval District—colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy". She spent her entire career serving in the Aleutian Islands during the Aleutian Islands Campaign.
YP-86 was decommissioned on 27 June 1944 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 18 July 1944. On 6 October 1944, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration. In 1945, she was sold to Coastwise Fisheries of Seattle, Washington. In 1961, she was sold to Merrill W. Henington of Seldovia, Alaska.