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YO-43

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Romeo - Quebec
 NERQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Pearl Harbor) - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
YO-43 Fuel Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, TH
  • Authorized, 16 December 1937
  • Laid down, 29 September 1939
  • Launched, 10 May 1940
  • Placed in service as YO-43, 15 January 1941, Boatswain Clyde M. Pugh commanding
  • Assigned to Fourteenth Naval District at Pearl Harbor
  • YO-43 was present at Berth B 15/16 in the Navy Yard during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 07 December 1941
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 June 1974
  • Sold by Navy, 01 March 1975
  • Registered to M/V Pengwin Inc., Seattle, WA as fishing vessel Pengwin (ON 586183), 1977
  • Sold and renamed Horizon, March 1999
  • Current disposition, active (2021)
  • YO-43 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 355 tons displacement, 1,015 tons (fl)
    Length 154' 8"
    Beam 29'
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity
    Oil 3,936 barrels
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    three Diesel engines, direct drive
    single propeller, 210shp
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    YO-43
    YO-43
    141204302    		 43k YO-43 being "launched" by crane at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 10 May 1940. Photo from USCS via Ernest Arroyo. Nick Tiberio
    YO-43
    141204303    		 55k YO-43 fitting at at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 10 October 1940. Photo from USCS via Ernest Arroyo. Nick Tiberio
    Commercial Service
    YO-43
    141204301    		 764k Horizon moored on the north shore of Lake Union, Washington, 13 August 2012. Photo copyright Kyle Stubbs vis shipspotting.com Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history record for YO-43 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 24 March 2023