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YG-31

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

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

Built by DeKom Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, NY

Laid down, 31 December 1942

Launched, 23 July 1943

Completed, 29 November 1943

Placed in service at New York Navy Yard as YG-31, 03 December 1943

Arrived at Pearl Harbor, 19 May 1944

Sailed from Pearl to Majuro, 25 May - 07 June 1944

Sailed from Kwajalein to Eniwetok, 14-17 June 1944

Operated at Eniwetok, June - September 1944

Towed from Eniwetok to Ulithi by Wannalancet (YTB-385), 24 October - 02 November 1944

Operated at Ulithi, November 1944 - May 1945

Sailed from Ulithi to Leyte, 26 May - 01 June 1945

Operated at Leyte into 1946

Returned to US postwar, operated in Eleventh Naval District into 1955

Stationed at Midway, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register and sold, 01 July 1971

Final disposition, scuttled off Midway, 1972

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
There are no images of YG-31 available at *NavSource*

Commanding Officers
01	ENS Valerian Edmund Fox, D-V(G) USNR	May 1944 - ????

There is no DANFS history record for YG-31 available at NavSource

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

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