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YW-105

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Tango - Oscar
NFTO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal

YW-83 Class Self-propelled Water Barge:

Laid down, 1 September 1944, at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.

Launched, 16 January 1945

Placed in service as YW-105, at Mare Island, 10 May 1945, Chief Bosn Thomas H. Vitaich, in charge

During World War II YW-105 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II YW-106 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
18 September 1945 to 8 July 1946
11 July 1946 - 8 March 1949	11 July 1946 to 8 March 1949
14 to 18 March 1949

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 27 September 1974 to Gulf Metals, Corp., Miami, FL., for $31,555.35

Specifications:
Displacement 440 t.(lt), 1282 t.(fl)
Length 174'
Beam 32'
Draft 13' (max.)
Speed unknown
Cargo Capacity 200,000 Gals
Complement 1 officer 20 enlisted
Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion General Motors Diesel engine, single screw, 640shp

Size	Image Description	Source
179k	Bow view of *YW-105* on the building ways at Mare Island Navy Yard, 2 January 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 145-44.	Darryl Baker
213k	Stern view of *YW-105* on the building ways at Mare Island Navy Yard, 2 January 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 146-44.	Darryl Baker
43k	Broadside view of *YW-105* immediately after her launching at Mare Island, 16 January 1945. *YTL-95* is assisting *YW 105* to her outfitting berth. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 447-44.	Darryl Baker
91k	Chief Bosn Thomas H. Vitaich, Officer in Charge, accepts command of *YW-105* at her activation ceremony, 10 May 1945. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 3479-44.	Darryl Baker
187k	*YW-105* underway at Pearl Harbor, HI. in 1965. US Navy photo	Stan Svec

There is no DANFS history available for YW-105 at NavSource

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

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