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YO-8
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Oil Barge No. 8 (1915-1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

YO-2 Class Fuel Oil Barge:

Built by Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA

Laid down, October 1914

Launched, 11 March 1915

Placed in service as Oil Barge No. 8, 1915

Designated YO-8, 17 July 1920

Assigned to 12th Naval District at Mare Island, 1915 - 1943

Towed to Pearl Harbor by Sioux (AT-75) for duty in South Pacific, 03-21 February 1943

Towed from Pearl to Espiritu Santo by Sioux, 23 February - 18 March 1943

Operated at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides and Philippines, 1943-45

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

To FLC (Foreign Liquidation Commission) for disposal, 10 September 1947

Final disposition, unknown; probably sold locally in the Philippines

Specifications:
Hull steel, flush deck house
Displacement 335 tons displacement
Length 166' 4" overall
Beam 25' 1"
Draft unknown
Cargo Capacity 4,547 barrels
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion steam, 200hp

Size	Image Description	Source
419k	Broadside view of *Oil Barge No. 8* several days before her launching into Dry Dock #1 at Mare Island. Photo taken, 4 March 1915. The launching ways for *Oil Barge No. 9* can be seen in the foreground in the left lower corner as well as the bow of Manumee (AO-2) which is in the background just right of *Oil Barge No. 8's aft mast. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 8 1746-3-1915, Navy photo # 1746, 3/4/1915*	Darryl Baker
277k	Forward quarter view of *Oil Barge No. 8* just prior to her launching into Dry Dock #1 at Mare Island on March 11, 1915. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 8 1792-3-1915, Navy photo 1792, 3/11/1915	Darryl Baker
101k	*Oil Barge No. 8's sponsor Miss Elizabeth Herreschoff on March 11, 1915 at Mare Island. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 8 031115 - Sponsor III, Navy Photo, 3/11/1915*	Darryl Baker
152k	Miss Elizabeth Herreschoff christens *Oil Barge No. 8* at Mare Island, 11 March 1915. Naval Constructor LCDR Alexander H. Van Keuren is assisting Miss Herreschoff. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 8 031115 - Sponsor II, Navy Photo, 3/11/1915	Darryl Baker
108k	The official party of the launching of *Oil Barge No. 8* at Mare Island, 11 March 1915. Left to right: D. B. Brown, Chief Draftsman; two unknown individuals; Andrew Gilmore; LCDR Van Keuren; unknown officer; CAPT H. M. V. Gleason; Master C. H. Stevens; unknown; Foreman Riveter C. H. Deaver; next four individuals are unknown; and far right in Jack Morney. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 8 031115 - VIP I, Navy Photo, 3/11/1915	Darryl Baker
311k	*Oil Barge No. 8* hits the waters of dry dock #1 at Mare Island, 11 March 1915. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 8 1793-3-1915, Navy Photo 1793, 3/11/1915	Darryl Baker
1260k	**Oil Barges No. 8 and No. 9 at Mare Island, 01 April 1915. No. 8** is having her oil tanks calibrated. Active (Harbor Tug No. 14) is moored outboard of the two oil barges. Photo from files of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum	Darryl Baker
1434k	*Oil Barge No. 8* at Mare Island circa 1918-1921. Navy photo # YO 8 1918	Darryl Baker
119k	*Oil Barge No. 8* underway off Mare Island, probably in the 1920s. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 82560 Courtesy of Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMC, 1975	Mike Green
977k	YO-8 moored aft of Kanwaha (AO-1) at Mare Island, 14 September 1923. MINSY photo 4637-9-23, from collection of Vallejo Naval & Military Museum.	Darryl Baker
122k	Cropped detail of above photo MINSY photo 4637-9-23 (cropped), from collection of Vallejo Naval & Military Museum.	Darryl Baker