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YO-55 Gauger


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Yankee - Alpha
 NBYA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Laid down, 7 January 1942, at RTC Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., under a contract from Ira S. Bushby & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Launched, 28 May 1942
  • Commissioned USS Gauger (YO-55), 28 September 1942, at Philadelphia, PA.m Lt. C. O. Fulgham in command
  • During World War II Gauger was assigned to both the European and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters
  • Decommissioned, 21 July 1947, at Guam, Marianas Island
  • Towed to San Diego, CA. for lay up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, Group in December 1947
  • Final Disposition, disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 September 1974
  • Gauger received two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 893 t.(lt)
    Length 235' 0"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 15' 0"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 34
    Armament none
    Propulsion diesel engine
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