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YAG-30
International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Uniform - Foxtrot
NKUF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Self-propelled Wooden-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
Built by John Wilson, Seattle, WA
Launched, 17 August 1915
Completed for Lillico Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, WA, as the motor cargo vessel Amazon (ON 213611), 1915
Sold to Merchants' Transportation Co., Tacoma, WA, renamed V.P. Handy, circa 1919
Lengthened and re-engined at A.J. Stuckey's yard, Dockton, WA, spring 1924
Sold to Puget Sound Freight Lines, Tacoma, WA, date unknown
Acquired by the US Navy, 04 January 1943 and placed in service same day as YAG-30
allocated to the 13th Naval District at Seattle; provided freight service between Pier 91, Seattle and Bremerton, WA
Placed out of service, 26 November 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, 05 December 1945
To Maritime Commission for sale
Removed from MC sale list and returned to Navy as scrap, 03 June 1946
Sold by Navy to Construction Power & Mach Co., Brooklyn, NY
Delivered to buyer, 14 December 1946
Final disposition, burned at Richmond Beach WA, early 1947
Specifications:
Displacement 105 gross tons
Length 83.1'
Beam 24.7'
Draft 5.4'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion one Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine, single propeller, 75bhp
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