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YAG-17

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Kilo - Lima NZKL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Non self-propelled Wooden-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:

Built by International Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS (YN 4)

Laid down as the 5-mast barkentine City of Vicksburg , 1919

Launched, 03 September 1919

Completed as Marsala for City of Vicksburg Ship Co., Gulfport MS (ON 219299), January 1920

Sold to Fields S. Pendleton & Charles E. Gremmels, New York, NY, April 1922

Sold to Durham Navigation Co., New York, NY, May 1927

Sold to Paramount Navigation Co., New York, NY, December 1929

Sold to Durham Navigation Co., New York, NY, October 1930

Sold to American Nautical Academy, Washington, DC, Janaury 1932

Lost masts in hurricane during cruise off Virginia Capes; towed to port by Coast Guard cutter Mendota, 26-28 November 1938

Fined $5,500 by FCC for violating law by not carrying radio equipment during cruise, 27 March 1939

School could not or would not pay; ship ordered sold by U.S. Admiralty Court, Norfolk, 19 February 1940

Became a dismasted hulk in James River, owned by Captain Oliver Bohld, commandant of the American Nautical Academy

Requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) from Captain Bohld, 30 June 1942

Acquisition directed, 20 August 1942

Acquired by the US Navy, 26 August 1942

Placed in service as YAG-17, 24 September 1942

Permanently moored in Lynnhaven Roads, near Little Creek, VA, and used as an attack transport simulator

Dragged anchor during a hurricane and broke back, 14 September 1944

Hulk laid up at Convoy Escort Piers, Norfolk

Placed out of service, 02 January 1945

Struck from Naval Register, 23 February 1945

Hull abandoned at Sandy Point, James River, VA, 10 December 1946

Specifications:
Displacement 2422 gross tons
Length 284' 3"
Beam 45' 4"
Draft 25'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion none

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	133k	*Marsala* safely in port at Norfolk, VA, after losing her masts in a hurricane, November 1938. Photo from the Biloxi Daily Herald, 30 November 1938.	David Wright
YAG-17
	132k	YAG-17 at the Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., Norfolk, VA, probably upon completion of conversion. Note the four sets of steps per side to help troops get over the ship's tall bulwarks to and from the training nets hung over the side. National Archives photo from Records Group 19	Mike Green
	138k	YAG-17 at anchor and being used to train amphibious force personnel, 24 May 1943. Note the four sets of steps per side to help troops get over the ship's tall bulwarks in order to get to and from the nets hung over the side. National Archives photo 80-G-204773	Robert Hurst, courtesy Shipscribe.com
	80k	YAG-17 at anchor and training amphibious force personnel, 03 September 1943. Two Welin boat davits have been added, one on each side. Note the two men climbing the net above one of the boats US National Archives photo 80-G-266362	Robert Hurst, courtesy Shipscribe.com
	72k	Stern view of YAG-17 at anchor, 03 September 1943, with an LCM alongside. US National Archives photo 80-G-299363	Robert Hurst, courtesy Shipscribe.com

There is no DANFS history available for YAG-17 at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

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

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