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YON-144
ex
 YO-144 (1943 - 1946)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Zulu - Quebec
 NGZQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Fuel Oil Barge (Non-Self-propelled):
  • Built as Concrete No. 2, a Maritime Commission barge type (B7-A2) under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 635), as a concrete-hulled, unnamed, non-self propelled Fuel Oil Barge at Concrete Ship Constructors, Inc., National City CA.
  • Laid down, 21 May 1942
  • Launched, 11 November 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service as YO-144, 18 February 1943
  • Redesignated YON-144, May 1946
  • Served at Naval Station Yokosuka Japan, dates unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 July 1967
  • Final disposition, transferred to the Philippines, 1967
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,410 gross tons, 6,600 deadweight tons
    Length 375'
    Beam 56'
    Draft 38'
    Complement 12
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Machinery, unknown
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    YO-144 94k YO-144 under tow in San Diego harbor with the assistance of tugs Narkeeta (YT-133) and YMT-1 shortly after completion, 12 March 1943.
    US Navy Photo 19-N-42120, courtesy Arthur D. Baker III and shipscribe.com    		 Robert Hurst
    YO-144 94k YO-144 under tow in San Diego harbor with the assistance of tugs, probably Wenonah (YT-148), YMT-3 and another YMT, shortly after completion, 12 March 1943.
    US Navy Photo 19-N-42130, courtesy Arthur D. Baker III and shipscribe.com    		 Robert Hurst
    YO-144 115k YON-144 at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy Photo    		 Stan Svec
    Skandawati 55k YON-144 (background) moored to a pier, probably at Naval Station Yokosuka. The large harbor tug Skandawati (YTB-370) is tied to the near side of the pier, circa 1950s Robert Hurst courtesy Mike Miller, and US Navy Tug Boats web site
    There is no DANFS history available for YON-144 at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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