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Metea (YNT-9)
ex
 Metea (YN-41) (1940 - 1941)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Kilo - Whiskey
 NIKW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Yard Net Laying Craft:
  • Built as the tug 0swell Foss by the Foss Launch & Tug Co., Tacoma, WA., in 1940
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 15 October 1940
  • Converted at Navy Yard, Puget Sound, designated Yard Net Tender YN-41
  • renamed Metea, 29 October 1940
  • Placed in service as Metea (YN-41), 5 November 1940
  • Allocated to the 11th Naval District at San Diego
  • Reclassified Yard Net Tender, Tug YNT-9, 1 May 1941
  • Reassigned to San Pedro, CA. 14 May 1941
  • Placed out of service, 18 July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946
  • Transferred, 31 March 1947, to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Returned to Foss Maritime, name reverted to Oswell Foss
  • Sold by Foss Maritime in 1975, renamed Jenny W.
  • Reacquired by Foss Maritime, date unknown, renamed Oswell Foss
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown, reported to be listed for sale at Friday Harbor, WA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 77 t.
    Length 70'
    Beam 19' 3"
    Draft 6' 6"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    Propulsion
    one Enterprise Diesel engine
    single propeller, 450shp
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    Metea 42k Ex-Metea (YNT-9) seen here as Oswell Foss moored pierside, date and location unknown. Birk I Thomas
    Metea 81k Ex-Metea (YNT-9) seen here as Oswell Foss on the hard, date and location unknown.
    Photos by John Kohnen    		 Birk I Thomas
    Metea 57k
    Metea (YN-41 / YNT-9)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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