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YOG-33

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - November - Uniform
 NUNU
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

YOG-33 was transferred to South Vietnam, renamed RVNS HQ 471 and later acquired by the Philippines for spare parts
YOG-5 Class Gasoline Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built by John H. Mathis Co., Camden, NJ (YN 143)
  • Laid down, 23 March 1943
  • Launched, 29 May 1943
  • Placed in service as YOG-33, 28 January 1944
  • Allocated to the 3rd Naval District at New York, NY
  • Reallocated to the Pacific Fleet, Tulagi, Solomon Islands
  • Reassigned to Naval Station Tutuila, American Samoa, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 July 1963
  • Transferred to South Vietnam, renamed HQ-471, August 1963 1
  • Escaped to the Philippines after the fall of Saigon in 1975
  • Sold to Philippines, 17 November 1975
  • Final Disposition, cannibalized for parts by Philippine Navy
    1. The oft-cited "name" for this vessel, Hỏa Vận Hạm, is actually Vietnamese for "oil transport vessel."
    Specifications:
    Displacement 440 t.(lt) 1,235 t.(fl)
    Length 174'
    Beam 32'
    Cargo Capacity 6,570 Bbls
    Draft 13
    Speed unknown.
    Complement 1 Officer, 22 Enlisted
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Union Diesel 500hp direct drive engine
    single propeller
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    141303303    		 282k Four views of the sponsor and launch of YOG-33, 29 May 1943.
    Photos from the collection of Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia    		 Dave Wright
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    141303302    		 24k YOG-33 and crew moored pierside at Naval Station Tutuila, American Samoa, date unknown. Jim Hawley, YOG-33
    RVNS HQ 471
    YOG-33
    141303301    		 88k RVNS HQ-471 ship's crest. Tommy Trampp
    There is no DANFS history available for YOG-33 at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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