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YAG-5

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Juliet - Xray
 NAJX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Self-propelled wood-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built by John F. James and Sons, Essex, MA
  • Completed for Boston Maritime Corporation, Boston, MA, as wooden-hulled auxiliary fishing schooner Radio (ON 223569), February 1924
  • Chartered by LCDR Donald B. MacMillan for his Labrador scientific expedition, June - September 1927
  • Converted to schooner yacht and sold to Lauren A. Norris, San Francisco, CA, 1928
  • Acquired by famed golf course designer George C. Thomas, Jr., Los Angeles, CA, 1929
  • Sold to Silsby M. Spaulding, Beverly Hills, CA, January 1931
  • Sold to Morgan Adams, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, December 1934
  • Chartered by the Navy from Adams, 11 December 1941
  • Designation changed from AGb-1 to YAG-5
  • Placed in commission as YAG-5, 27 March 1942
  • Operated as station vessel at San Pedro 1942-43
  • Transferred from San Pedro Section, Local Defense Forces, 11th ND to 11th Naval District for laying up, 24 March 1943
  • Laid up and decommissioned by 03 May 1943
  • Purchased by the War Shipping Administration for $15,000, 19 October 1943
  • Departed San Pedro under tow of YTM-240 for San Diego, 18 May 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 28 June 1944
  • Sold to E.C. Ward, Los Angeles CA, 08 March 1946
  • Sold to Herbert E. Poole, Oceanside CA, 1948
  • Final Disposition, foundered San Diego harbor, summer 1950
    Specifications:
    Displacement 131 gross tons, 62 net tons
    Length 97' 1" waterline, 110' 0" overall
    Beam 24' 6"
    Draft 13' 5"
    Speed 7 knots
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion one Bergsund 3-cylinder diesel, 120bhp
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    YAG-5
    14200501    		 805k Schooner Radio moored at Central Wharf, Boston, MA, June 1927.
    Photo from Boston Globe, 01 June 1927    		 Dave Wright
    YAG-5
    14200502    		 550k Schooner Radio moored in a Labrador harbor, summer 1927.
    Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum / Bowdoin College photo, accession number 3000.33.2649    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history available for YAG-5 at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 27 February 2021