USS YP-88 was a converted fishing vessel that served as an auxiliary patrol boat in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

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History
Name	YP-88 (ex-Adventure)
Laid down	1937
Completed	1937
Honours and awards	American Campaign Medal[1]  Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal[1]  World War II Victory Medal[1]
Fate	Sunk by grounding, 28 October 1943
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	130 gross register tons[1]
Length	75 ft (23 m) o/a[1]
Beam	20.5 ft (6.2 m)[1]
Draught	9.5 ft (2.9 m)[1]
Installed power	200 shp[1]
Propulsion	one Diesel engine[1] single screw[1]

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She was laid down and completed in 1937;^[2] and named Adventure.^[2][1][3] In 1941, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy, designated as a Yard Patrol Craft (YP),^[1] and assigned to the 13th Naval District. She was one of the initial ships assigned to the Ralph C. Parker's Alaskan Sector^[3] of the 13th Naval District colloquially known as the "Alaskan Navy".

On 28 October 1943, she was grounded at Amchitka, Aleutian Islands^[1][4][5] and was struck from the Naval List.