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USS Roustabout (YO-53)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Whiskey - Xray
NBWX

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):

Built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., San Francisco, CA (YN 5326)

Launched, 08 January 1925

Completed for Standard Oil Co. of California, San Francisco, CA, as bulk oil carrier Hawaiian Standard (ON 224456), 07 March 1925

Acquired by the Navy from Standard Oil Co. of California, 31 May 1941

Commissioned USS Roustabout (YO-53), 10 June 1941, LT Eldred Hansen, USNR, in command

Fitted out for naval service at Navy Yard Puget Sound, Bremerton, WA

Assigned to the 13th Naval District, 1941 - 1946

Decommissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 02 February 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946

Transferred to the WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal at Olympia, WA, 29 June 1946

Entered Reserve Fleet at Olympia, 01 July 1946

Sold to Petroleum Navigation Co., Seattle, WA, for $21,500, renamed Penaco, 31 January 1947

Sold to Carmar Trading Co., Seattle, WA, 1956

Laid up at Lake Union, 1957-1959

Sold to Pan-Alaska Fisheries Inc., Seattle, and converted to floating crab cannery for use at Controller Bay, AK, renamed Mercator, 1960

Capsized while loading at Fishermen's Terminal, Seattle, 10 September 1971

Wreck sold to Northwest Towing & Salvage for $3,500 and broken up in situ

Specifications:
Displacement 1223 gross tons, 539 net tons
Length 210' 0" between pp, 221' 7" overall
Beam 36' 1"
Draft 14' 3"

Cargo Capacity

Oil 1,875 tons / 10,719 barrels

Speed 10 knots

Complement unknown

Armament

one single 3" gun mount

two machine guns

Propulsion

two Pacific 4-cylinder Werkspoor-type diesel engines connected to electric motors

twin propeller, 800shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
141205301	72k	*Hawaiian Standard* as completed. She was designed and built to carry oil among the various Hawaiian islands. Photo from Standard Oil Bulletin, May 1925.	Dave Wright
141205302	72k	Profile and plan of *Hawaiian Standard* as completed. Image from Marine Review, May 1925.	Dave Wright
141205303	220k	King crab processing vessel *Mercator* pierside at Seattle, 1960. Photo via saltwaterpeoplehistoricalsociety.blogspot.com	Dave Wright

Roustabout (YO-53)
DANFS entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website

Commanding Officers
01	LT Eldred Hansen, D-M USNR ¹	10 June 1941 - (early 1942)
02	LT Lawrence Allen Parks, D-V(S) USNR²	(early 1942) - (June 1944)
05	LT William W. Mitchell, D-V(S) USNR³	(June 1944) - (January 1946)


^{1. DANFS indicates the commissioning CO was LCDR Lawrence A. Parke USNR. It appears to be a confusion with the second CO; YO-53's muster rolls indicate Hansen was the commissioning CO.} ^{2. Promoted to Lt. Commander, spring 1942.} ^{3. Promoted to Lt. Commander, late 1945.} Courtesy Dave Wright

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Last Updated 09 December 2022