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YG-29

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

YG-22 Class Steel-hulled Garbage Lighter (Self-propelled):

Built by DeKom Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, NY

Laid down, 14 December 1942

Launched, 23 July 1943

Completed and delivered, 07 August 1943

Placed in service at New York Navy Yard as YG-29, October 1943

Assigned to Tenth Naval District, operating at Guantanamo Bay, St. Thomas and Trinidad, December 1943 - September 1944

Assigned to Eleventh Naval District at San Diego, September 1944 - May 1947

Placed out of service in reserve, May 1947

Struck from the Naval Register and sold, 01 July 1972

Registered to Everingham Bros. Bait Co., San Diego, CA as fishing vessel (live bait catcher) Rival (ON 550412), 1974

Active out of San Diego, 2017

Specifications:
Displacement 313 tons
Length 118' 9"
Beam 27' 7"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none

Propulsion

one direct-drive Atlas Diesel engine

single propeller, 240shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
YG-29
	95k	YG-29, date and location unknown. Photo from Ted Stone Collection	George Schneider
Merchant Service
	161k	*Rival, ex-YG-29*, moored at San Diego, 20 March 1975. This early in her civilian career her naval origins are readily apparent. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	161k	*Rival, ex-YG-29, moored at San Diego, 06 July 1981. Ranger* (CV-61)is visible in the background. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	172k	*Rival, ex-YG-29*, moored at San Diego, 16 October 1985. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	319k	*Rival, ex-YG-29*, moored at San Diego, 06 August 2011. Unlike most of the YGs converted to fishing vessels, she is little changed from her Navy days. Photo copyright Kyle Stubbs, via shipspotting.com	Dave Wright
	167k	Two views of *Rival, ex-YG-29*, at San Diego, 21 May 2014. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	172k
	130k	Two views of *Rival, ex-YG-29*, at San Diego, 30 October 2015. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	149k

There is no DANFS history record for YG-29 available at NavSource

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

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Last Updated 11 February 2018