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YOGN-42
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 YOG-42 (1943 - 1946)

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
Gasoline Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Concrete Ship Constructors, National City, CA (YN 5)
  • Intended as Concrete No. 5 a non-self propelled Maritime Commission type (B7-A2) barge hull (MC 638)
  • Laid down, 06 December 1942
  • Launched, 23 March 1943
  • Acquired and placed in service as YOG-42, 22 May 1943
  • During World War II YOG-42 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Departed San Pedro, CA, in tow Navajo (AT-64), 24 July 1943
  • Navajo was sunk by Japanese submarine I-39, 150 miles east of Espiritu Santo, 12 September 1943
  • YOG-42 was undamaged and recovered by Sioux (AT-75), arriving Espiritu Santo, 14 September 1943
  • Stationed at Espiritu Santo, September - December 1943
  • Towed by Chetco (ATA-166) with three pontoon barges from Blanche Harbor to Seeadler Harbor, 06-16 August 1945
  • Redesignated YOGN-42, May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1949
  • Final Disposition, intentionally beached on north coast of Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, circa 1949-50
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6686 tons (lt) 12910 tons (fl)
    Length 375' 0" overall 360' 0" waterline
    Beam 56'
    Draft 26' 6"
    Complement 13
    Armament four 20mm single mounts
    Propulsion none
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    YOG-42
    141304202    		 263k YOG-42 while fitting out at San Diego, 31 May 1943.
    USN photo via Wikimedia Commons    		 Robert Hurst
    YOG-42
    141304203    		 209k Bow view of YOG-42 while fitting out at San Diego, 31 May 1943.
    USN photo via Wikimedia Commons    		 Robert Hurst
    YOG-42
    141304201    		 203k Hulk of YOGN-42 beached on north coast of Lanai, 06 January 2004.
    Photo courtesy 'Youstorm,' shipspotting.com    		 Dave Wright
    YOG-42
    141304204    		 204k Hulk of YOGN-42 beached at "Shipwreck Beach" on north coast of Lanai, 25 December 2006.
    Photo courtesy 'Halibut Thyme' via Wikimedia Commons    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history available for YOG-42/YOGN-42 at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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