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YO-21

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YO-20 Class Fuel Oil Barge:
  • Built by Tank Ship Building Corp, Newburgh, NY (YN 9)
  • Contract awarded, 17 December 1918
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to Navy, 27 March 1920
  • Assigned to Fourteenth Naval District at Pearl Harbor entire career
  • YO-21 was present during the Pearl Harbor attack, 07 December 1941
  • Placed out of service, 22 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 December 1946
  • To Naval Supply Center for disposal, 30 July 1947
  • Noted derelict and subject to seizure at Kapalama Basin, Honolulu, April 1953
  • Final Disposition, intentionally grounded Alawua Bay, Lanai, Hawaii, about November 1953
    Specifications:
    Hull steel
    Displacement 327 tons displacement
    Length 165' 9" overall
    Beam 25' 1"
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity 3,563 barrels
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    steam
    single propeller, 218hp
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    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Source
    YO-21 153k YO-21 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo via Bishop Museum, Honolulu    		 Blade Shepherd-Jones
    YO-21 105k YO-21 alongside Nevada (BB-36) at Pearl Harbor, 17 February 1942.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 50105 (cropped)    		 Dave Wright
    YO-21 10k Hulk of YO-21 aground in Alawua Bay, circa 2001.
    Photo by Jeffrey Kuwabara, University of Hawaii Marine Option Program    		 Robert Hurst
    YO-21 53k Hulk of YO-21 aground in Alawua Bay, circa 2014.
    Photo courtesy Two Boldly Go Photography    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history record for YO-21 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 09 December 2022