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YFB-48

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

Ferry Boat:

Built by Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, PA (YN 833)

Launched, 01 November 1890

Completed for New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co., New York, NY, as the ferry John G. McCullough (ON 76922), 28 January 1891

Sold to Erie RR Co., New York, NY, renamed Chautauqua, 1905

Renamed Rutherford, 1936

Purchased by Navy, 08 May 1943

Towed from New York to Pensacola by WSA tug Point Vicente, July - August 1943

Assigned to Eighth Naval District at NAS Pensacola, 1943 - 1946

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Offered for sale at Mobile, AL (PDX-177), June 1946

To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, September 1946

Sold to O.E. "Tex" Edwards, date unknown

Burned and sank at Bruce Drydocks, Pensacola, FL, sometime before June 1948

FInal disposition, unknown - presumably removed and scrapped

Specifications:
Displacement 1372 gross tons / 932 net tons
Length 200' 6"
Beam 45' 8"
Draft 15' 9"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion 2-cyl Compound steam engine, 800ihp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
1435004801	88k	YFB-48 in a ferry slip, probably at Pensacola, FL, circa spring-summer-1944. Photo by Ivan LaMeter.		Jack LaPeer
1435004802	165k	YFB-48 in a ferry slip, probably at Pensacola, FL, circa 1945. Ted Stone photo.		George Schneider

There is no DANFS history record for YFB-48 available at NavSource

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

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