USS YP-86 was a converted fishing vessel which served as an auxiliary patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
She was laid down as a seiner in the Tacoma shipyard of Martinolich Shipbuilding Company.[1] [2] [3] She was completed in 1937 and named Pacific Fisher[2] [1] (ON 236159).[3] On 7 April 1941, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP).[3] She was one of the initial ships assembled by Captain Ralph C. Parker for the Alaskan Sector, Northwest Sea Frontier, 13th Naval District[1] colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy". She spent her entire career serving in the Aleutian Islands.[3]
On 27 June 1944, she was decommissioned.[3] On 18 July 1944, she was struck from the Naval List.[3] On 6 October 1944, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration.[3] In 1945, she was sold to Coastwise Fisheries of Seattle, Washington.[3] In 1961, she was sold to Merrill W. Henington of Seldovia, Alaska.[3]