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YO-32
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 Fuel Oil Barge No. 32 (1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YO-20 Class Fuel Oil Barge:
  • Built by Tebo Yacht Basin, Brooklyn, NY, as a subsidiary of Todd Shipbuilding (YN 3)
  • Contract awarded, 02 January 1919
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Placed in service as Fuel Oil Barge No. 32, 28 February 1920
  • Designated YO-32, 17 July 1920
  • Assigned to Twelfth Naval District at Mare Island whole career
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • To War Shipping Administration for disposal, 20 December 1946
  • Registered to Ruth Freese Conway, San Francisco, CA, as tank barge, renamed Transit (ON 259328), 1950
  • Registered to Alaska Tankers, Inc., Seattle, WA, as tank barge The Eskimo, 1952
  • Final disposition, out of documentation, 1976
    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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    YO-32 101k YO-32 moored outboard of YD-33 at Navy Yard Mare Island, 02 January 1941. On the builders ways in the dock are YO-45 which is aft of USS Silversides (SS-236) and USS Gudgeon (SS-211). All three were under construction on this date.
    US Navy photo from "U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman, Naval Institute Press.    		 Robert Hurst
    YO-32 101k YO-32 at Mare Island, 09 November 1945. The bow of USS ARD-11 is visible at left and YD-33 is to the right.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo No. 7022-45    		 Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history record for YO-32 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 09 December 2022