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YON-84

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - X-Ray - Hotel NUXH

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

YON-80 Class Fuel Oil Barge (Non-self-propelled):

Built by Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange, TX (YN 272)

Contract awarded, June 1942 (NOBs-211)

Laid down, 02 September 1942

Launched, 16 September 1942

Delivered and placed in service as YO-84, 02 October 1942

Towed from New Orleans to Canal Zone by HMS Sprightly, February 1943

Served in Canal Zone throught at least September 1943

Served in Western Pacific and Pearl Harbor, 1944-1945

Redesignated YON-84, May 1946

Assigned to Fourth Naval District by 1948

Struck from Naval Register, 19 August 1996

Transferred to another government agency, 13 May 1997

Final disposition, scuttled as artifical reef on Axel Carlson Reef, 2 miles off Mantoloking, NJ, 08 October 1997 (40°00.587' -73°59.391')

Specifications:
Displacement 1360 tons (full load)
Length 173' 6"
Beam 39' 0"
Draft unknown
Speed n/a
Complement none
Cargo Capacity 8,500 barrels
Armament unknown
Machinery none

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
141208401	26k	YON-84 being scuttled, 08 October 1997. Like YON-81, he was apparently overloaded with tires and flipped during the scuttling process. Photo via njscuba.net		Dave Wright

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