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YW-86


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Quebec - Sierra
 NFQS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
YW-83 Class Self-propelled Water Barge:
  • Built by Zenith Dredge Co., Duluth, MN (YN 9)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, 21 April 1943
  • Placed in service as YW-86, 02 September 1943
  • Assigned to NOB Trinidad, September 1943 - March 1944
  • Assigned to Pearl Harbor, 1944 - 1946
  • YW-86 was assigned to Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1952-54
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1988
  • Final Disposition, disposed of in fleet training exercise, 04 December 2001
    Specifications:
    Displacement 440 tons (lt), 1390 tons (fl)
    Length 174'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 13' (max.)
    Speed unknown
    Cargo Capacity 200,000 gallons
    Complement 1 officer, 20 enlisted
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    single diesel
    single screw, 560hp
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    YW-86
    141708639    		 97k YW-86 ready for launching at Zenith Dredge, 21 April 1943.
    Photo from University of Wisconsin—Superior, Jim Dan Hill Library.    		 Bryan Fisher, RMC USCG
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    141708602    		 96k YW-86 moored at Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1952-54. Photo from the collection of Louis N. Murray YW-86
    YW-86
    141708603    		 96k YW's moored at Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan. YW-88 and two YOs moored at the harbor masters dock. Note the small boat in front of the YOs. These are Japanese divers looking for scrap metal. They have to have a permit to dive. Photo from the collection of Louis N. Murray YW-86
    YW-86
    141708610    		 73k YW-86 view looking forward from the bridge area while pumping water at submarines nets entrance to Tokyo Bay, 15 February l953. Photo from the collection of Louis N. Murray YW-86
    YW-86
    141708601    		 471k YW-86 alongside USS Boxer (CVA-21) at Yokosuka, Japan in 1954. Naval History & Heritage Command
    There is no DANFS history available for YW-86 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Life Aboard YW-86 at Yokosuka, Japan, Louis N. Murray photo collection
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    Last Updated 18 August 2021