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Jacona (YFP-1)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal (retroactive)

YFP-1 Class Floating Power Barge (NSP):

Built by Todd Drydock & Construction Corp., Tacoma, WA (YN 112)

Launched, 30 November 1918

Completed for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as as Jacona (ON 217597), April 1919

SS Jacona was possibly laid up after completion

Purchased by New England Public Service Company and converted to a non-self-propelled power barge at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, VA, March 1930

This idea arose after the US Navy successfully experimented with using the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) to provide electricity ashore

Jacona's engines were removed, and the interior gutted to make room for four electricity plants that were fed by NSFO, generating 20,000 kW

Jacona initially provided power to a new paper mill at Bucksport, ME, pending completion of the Bingham Hydroelectric Plant

She was then leased (later purchased) to the Public Service Company of New Hampshire and connected to transmission lines at Portsmouth, 1931

Transferred to the Maritime Commission and subsequently to the US Army at Portsmouth, NH, 17 March 1945

Towed by ATR-14 from Portsmouth, NH, to Boston, 19 March 1945

Transferred to US Navy custody and designated YFP-1, 31 December 1947

Towed to Pusan, Korea by Takelma (ATF-113), January 1948

During the Korean War Jacona was used at various bases and at Korean ports as an auxiliary power supply, while on loan to the US Army

Subsequently assigned to the Naval Base at Okinawa, operated by Ryukyu Electric Power Corporation

Sold to Philippines buyers, October 1971

Specifications:
Displacement 4,843 tons
Length 379' 4"
Beam 53' 1"
Draft 23' 8"
Propulsion none
Complement 19
Power Output capable of producing 20,000 kilowatts of power

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Commercial Service
14390101	88k	SS Jacona fitting out, 25 January 1919, at Todd Dry Dock and Construction Co., Tacoma, WA. This ship had the unusual fate of being converted to a non-self propelled power plant at Newport News in 1930. After serving in Maine and New Hampshire she became an Army ship in 1945 and the Navy's YFP-1 in 1947. She was reportedly still in excellent condition when transferred from the Navy to the Philippines in 1971. US National Archives photo # NARA: RG-32-UB	Robert Hurst
14390103	218k	*Jacona* at her Public Service moorings, Portsmouth, NH on 04 September 1931. Photo via Ghosts of 'Lectricity Tumblr	Dave Wright
14390105	94k	*Jacona* moored at Portsmouth, NH, 09 March 1945. Army Corps of Engineers photo.	Dave Wright
Jacona (YFP-1)
14390102	112k	Jacona (YFP-1) moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Derick S. Hartshorn
14390104	34k	Jacona (YFP-1) providing power at Okinawa while operated by REPC (Ryukyu Electric Power Corporation), circa 1969. Photo from magazine Ryukyu Today Volume 14, No. 1 (January 1970), published by USCAR (United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands)	Dave Wright

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