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

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