YP-86 was a converted fishing vessel that 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 the Martinolich Shipbuilding Company.[1] [2] [3] She was completed in 1937 and named Pacific Fisher (ON 236159).[2] [1] [3] On 7 April 1941, she was acquired by the Navy and designated as a Yard Patrol (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 during the Aleutian Islands Campaign.[3]
YP-86 was decommissioned on 27 June 1944 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 18 July 1944.[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]