USS YP-278 was a fishing trawler converted to an ocean-going refrigerator ship for the United States Navy, used to distribute food supplies in the Pacific theater during World War II.

[2] The Liberty was acquired for wartime use by the United States Navy in 1942[2] after it reportedly was hit and damaged by enemy fire during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

YP-278 was one of only a few private yachts seized by the Navy and converted to ocean-going refrigerator ships in order to enable the War Department to distribute food supplies from Australia and New Zealand rather than the more distant U. S.

[7] In such intimate quarters, ship commander Lt. Bloom mandated that crew and enlisted men eat the same fare, sitting at the same tables, Navy innovations in December 1944.

B. Vattuone, purchased the Sun Splendor, renamed her the Fishing Vessel FV Invader, and trawled the oceans with her until she finally had outlived her usefulness.