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YAG-28

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Tango - Zulu
 NKTZ
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 Austin Levy, Eleuthera, Bahamas
  • Completed for Eleuthera, Ltd., Hatchet Bay, Bahamas, as motor cargo vessel Samana, 1941
  • Acquired by the US Navy from owner, 22 October 1942
  • Placed in service at Miami, 25 October 1942
  • Desingated District Miscellaneous Auxiliary YAG-28, 28 January 1943
  • Assigned to 7th Naval District, used to transport cargo to outlying Caribbean bases
  • Designated for layup, September 1944
  • Assigned to Amphibious Training Base, Fort Pierce, FL, July 1944 - July 1945
  • Placed out of service at Miami, 13 July 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 August 1945
  • Sold to Mervin Ferguson, Miami, FL, 25 March 1946
  • Registered to Mrs. Elvy Ferguson, Nassau, Bahamas, as Samana (ON 176986), October 1946
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 119 gross tons, 89 net tons
    Length 96'
    Beam 17'
    Draft 9'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion one 6-cylinder Cooper-Bessemer diesel, 424shp
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