USS YP-422

History
United States
Name	YP-422
Builder	American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Launched	1941
Acquired	4 June 1942
Commissioned	28 July 1942
Identification	code letters: NFVP; ;
Fate	Lost by grounding off New Caledonia, 23 April 1943
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Length	133 ft 3 in (40.61 m)
Beam	26 ft 1 in (7.95 m)
Draft	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Propulsion	1 × 650 hp (485 kW) Cooper Bessemer 6-cylinder engine, single shaft
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun; 2 × .30 cal. machine guns;

USS YP-422 was a United States Navy yard patrol (YP) boat that served the United States Navy in World War II from 1942 to 1943. Built in 1941 as the fishing trawler Mist, she was acquired by the US Navy in June 1942 and was converted for naval use by George Lawley & Son of Neponset, Massachusetts. She was commissioned on 28 July 1942 and was put into service to patrol the waters around the Boston Navy Yard. The vessel was lightly armed with a 3-inch gun and two .30 caliber machine guns.

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