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YO-51


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Uniform - Romeo
 NBUR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YO-50 Class Fuel Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
  • Completed for Spentonbush Fuel Transport Service, Brooklyn, NY, as harbor tanker Ellen Bushey (ON 230916), June 1931
  • Acquired by the Navy, 27 March 1941
  • Placed in service as YO-51, 1941
  • Allocated to the 7th Naval District
  • Placed out of service, 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1946
  • Transferred to WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 27 February 1947
  • Registered to Diesel Corp., Jacksonville, FL, as Ellen Bushey, 1948
  • Renamed Morania Marlin, 1949
  • Name shortened to Marlin, 1950
  • Registered to Reinauer Transportation, Wortendyke, NJ, renamed Albert H. Reinauer, 1951
  • Registered to Independent Petroleum Transportation Service, New York, NY, renamed Mary Ann McKay, 1955
  • Registered to A&C Ship Fueling Corp., New York ,NY, renamed Chem Trader, 1961
  • Later registered to Ecklof Marine, New York, NY
  • Sold to Island Trader Shipping Company and placed under Guyana flag, 2001
  • Current Disposition, fate unknown (still active 2013)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 373 gross tons, 253 net tons
    Length 144' 5"
    Beam 26' 0"
    Draft 10' 0"
    Cargo Capacity 5,000 barrels
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Fairbanks Morse 4-cylinder diesel engine
    single shaft, 240bhp
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    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Source
    YO-51
    141205101    		 88k Chem Trader, date and location unknown.
    Photo via Tugboat Information.com, provenance unknown    		 Tommy Trampp
    YO-51
    141205102    		 65k Chem Trader moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Photo via Tugboat Information.com, provenance unknown    		 Tommy Trampp
    There is no DANFS history record for YO-51 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 09 December 2022