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YO-228

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

YO-65 Class Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):

Built at Jeffersonville Boat and Machinery Co., Jeffersonville, IN

Laid down, 11 May 1945

Launched, date unknown

Delivered and placed in service as YO-228, 27 November 1945

Placed out of service, October 1946

Laid up at Boston and later the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 27 March 1992

Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 26 May 2005

Sold to Island Trader Shipping, Georgetown, Guyana, renamed Ocean Trader, 2005

Active as a molasses tanker in the Caribbean

Specifications:
Displacement 440 tons (lt), 1390 tons (fl)
Length 174'
Beam 33'
Draft 13' (max.)
Speed unknown
Complement 1 officer, 20 enlisted
Armament none
Propulsiondirect drive diesel engine, single propeller, 550shp

Size	Image Description	Source
170k	YOG-93 and YO-228 laid up at Philadelphia. Naval Shipyard, circa mid-1991.	Photo by Ed Zajkowski
476k	YO-228 being prepared for civilian use at Cooper's Point, Camden, NJ, June 2005.	Photo by John Curdy
220k	*Ocean Trader, ex-YO-228* moored at St. George's, Grenada, 27 March 2014.	Photo by "johnmary" via shipspotting.com

There is no DANFS history record for YO-228 available at NavSource

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

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