USS YP-279 was a United States Navy district patrol craft during World War II. The ship was built by the Campbell Machine Company of San Diego as a tuna seiner. Delivered in August 1929, she operated under the name Navigator until requisitioned by the United States Navy in 1942, and commissioned as the yard patrol craft USS YP-279. The ship foundered in heavy weather off Townsville, Australia, on 5 September 1943.