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YO-60


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Romeo - Yankee
 NURY
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
Fuel Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built by RTC Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ (YN 135)
  • Laid down, 15 November 1940
  • Launched, 29 March 1941
  • Completed for Geo. Whitlock, Inc., as motor tanker F. W. Lloyd (ON 240555), 21 May 1941
  • Acquired by Navy, 07 November 1941
  • Placed in service as YO-60, late 1941
  • Allocated to NOB Bermuda, 1942 - 1946
  • Towed from Bermuda to New York by Restorer (ARS-17), 10-14 January 1946
  • Placed out of service, 15 February 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 02 February 1975
  • Final Disposition, disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, August 1975
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,137 tons (fl)
    Length 157' 2½"
    Beam 30'
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity
    Oil 6,071 barrels
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament one 20mm AA
    Propulsion
    one Fairbanks Morse Diesel engine
    single propeller, 520shp
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YO-60
    141206001    		 215k YO-60 alongside an unidentified vessel at Bermuda, 1944.
    Photo from Ted Stone collection.    		 George Schneider
    Commanding Officers
    01LT(jg) Aubrey Thomas Wainwright D-M, USNR(March 1942)
    There is no DANFS history record for YO-60 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 19 January 2021