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YO-143

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Yankee - Victor
NGYV

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 Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE (YN 416/1048)

Launched, 20 November 1930

Completed for Edsel Ford, Detroit, MI, as houseboat yacht Onika (ON 230369), December 1930

Acquired by Navy, 15 September 1942

Placed in service as YO-143, 20 February 1943

Assigned to Seventh Naval District, supporting advance bases in the Caribbean, 1943-1944

Placed out of service, 08 February 1944

Struck from the Naval Register, 29 July 1944

Purchased by Bey of Cairo and renamed Marhow, 12 March 1945

FInal disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 270 gross tons, 184 net tons
Length 114' 8"
Beam 22' 1"
Draft 9' 9"
Complement 12
Armament unknown
Propulsion

two Cooper-Bessemer diesels

two shafts, 550 hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	46k	Builder's photo of *Onika* as completed, December 1930. Photo 72350_4197, Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington DE		Dave Wright

There is no DANFS history available for YO-143 at Navsource

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

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