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YO-79
International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Uniform - November
NUUN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
YO-65 Class Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):
Built by Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, CA (YN 101)
Laid down, 05 January 1943
Launched, 20 February 1943
Placed in service at NOB San Pedro, 30 July 1943
Sailed San Pedro to Pearl Harbor, 20 October - 04 November 1943
Assigned to Fourteenth Naval District at Pearl Harbor, November 1943 - March 1944
Assigned to Majuro, March - July 1944
Assigned to Eniwetok, July - October 1944
Assigned to Ulithi, October 1944 - September 1945
Assigned to Okinawa, September - November 1945
Assigned to South China Service Force at Hong Kong, November 1945 - 1946
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
To FLC (Foreign Liquidation Commission) for disposal, 26 June 1946
FInal disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 440 tons (lt), 1390 tons (fl)
Length 174'
Beam 33'
Draft 13' (max.)
Speed unknown
Cargo Capacity 6,570 barrels
Armament none
Propulsion
one Union Diesel engine
single propeller, 600shp
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This page was created by Gary P. Priolo and is maintained by David L. Wright
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Last Updated 23 December 2022