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USS YAG-23
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 USS Ensenada (YAG-23) (1943 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Tango - Kilo
 NKTK
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
Self-propelled Steel-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built by Gutehoffnungshütte AG, Walsum, Germany (YN 801)
  • Completed as the cargo vessel Ensenada for Mexican Government, July 1936
  • Purchased by the US Navy from General Abelardo Rodriguez, governor of Sonora, 03 November 1942
  • Converted for Naval service by Campbell Machine Co., San Diego, CA, beginning 07 November 1942
  • Commissioned USS Ensenada (YAG-23), 03 March 1943
  • Assigned to Service Squadron, South Pacific Force, supplying fresh and frozen food to outlying island bases
  • Name cancelled, 01 March 1945
  • Engine failed and towed to Auckland, New Zealand for repairs, spring 1945
  • Released to ComMarianas, 07 June 1945
  • Towed from Manus to Guam by ATR-80, 16-21 August 1945
  • Used as non-self propelled barracks vessel in Apra Harbor, Guam, 1945-1946
  • Placed out of service, 15 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946
  • Sold by FLC (Foreign Liquidation Commission), August 1946
  • Registered to International Trading Co., Guam, as Philippine Trader
  • Renamed Agno, 1950
  • Sold to F. Escano Sons, renamed Magallanes, 1954
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in the Philippines, 1987
    Specifications:
    Displacement 417 gross tons
    Length 132' 4" (140' overall)
    Beam 26'
    Draft 9' 6"
    Speed unknown
    Cargo Capacity
    280 tons cargo

    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion one MAN 6-cylinder diesel engine, single propeller, 450bhp
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    Ensenada
    14202303    		 52k Ensenada as completed, 1936. Photo from Pacific Marine Review, February 1937, p31. Dave Wright
    Ensenada
    14202301    		 172k The cargo vessel Ensenada while being inspected for acquisition at San Diego, CA, 05 November 1942. Photo taken from the extreme bow looking aft towards the pilot house, which is near the stern.
    National Archives RG-19 textual records, entry 1266M, box 1578, file symbol C-QS15/L4-3    		 Robert Hurst, courtesy Shipscribe.com
    Ensenada
    14202302    		 214k The cargo vessel Ensenada while being inspected for acquisition at San Diego, CA, 05 November 1942. Photo taken from the pilot house looking forward across the ship's cargo hold.
    National Archives RG-19 textual records, entry 1266M, box 1578, file symbol C-QS15/L4-3    		 Robert Hurst, courtesy Shipscribe.com
    Commanding Officers
    01BOSN Furman Bishop Moore USN(1943 - 1945)
    There is no DANFS history available for YAG-23 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 25 January 2016