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YO-142

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - X-Ray - Yankee
NGXY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):

Built by Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, PA (YN 101)

Laid down, 02 December 1926

Launched, 17 February 1927

Delivered to Gulf Refining Co., Port Arthur, TX, as tanker Gulfspray, 06 March 1927

Acquired by Navy, 04 September 1942

Delivered and placed in service as YO-142, September 1942

Assigned to Seventh Naval District, supporting advance bases in the Caribbean, 1942-1944

Assigned to Sixth Naval District at Charleston, November 1944 - 1945

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

To WSA (War Shipping Administration for disposal, 15 May 1947

Registered to Rafael Pinedo, Barranquilla, Colombia, as Gulfspray, 1947

Apparently converted to dry cargo ship

Deleted from Lloyd's Register as "existence in doubt," 1994

Specifications:
Displacement 379 gross tons, 197 net tons
Length 136' 2"
Beam 37' 1"
Draft 11' 2"
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion

one diesel engine

single propeller 400shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	238k	*Gulfspray* newly completed at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, PA, 1927. Photo from Sun Shipbuilding archive, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia PA.		Dave Boone

There is no DANFS history available for YO-142 at Navsource

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

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