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YO-45


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Hotel - Bravo
 NCHB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Laid down, 09 October 1940
  • Launched, 09 January 1941
  • Placed in service as YO-45, 01 April 1941
  • Allocated to the Eleventh Naval District at San Diego
  • During World War II, supported fleet training base on San Clemente Island
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 April 1974
  • Sold, August 1974
  • Registered as fishing vessel Seaborn I (ON 632751), 1981
  • Renamed Ocean Prowler, date unknown
  • Current disposition, active (2021)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 348 tons displacement, 1,015 tons (fl)
    Length 154' 8"
    Beam 29'
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity 3,936 barrels
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion Diesel, single propeller, 210hp
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    YO-45
    YO-45
    0821110    		 101k YO-45 under construction aft of USS Silversides (SS-236) and USS Gudgeon (SS-211) on the builders ways at Mare Island Navy Yard, 02 January 1941. Outside the drydock YO-32 is moored outboard of floating derrick YD-33.
    US Navy photo from U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman (Naval Institute Press).    		 Robert Hurst
    Commercial Service
    YO-45
    141204501    		 213k Ex-YO-45 underway in 2008 while in service as the Factory Longliner Ocean Prowler, owned by Alaska Longline (formerly Prowler Fisheries) since 1989. Jerry Kennedy Jr.
    YO-45
    141204502    		 269k
    YO-45
    141204503    		 267k
    There is no DANFS history record for YO-45 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 30 April 2021