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YG-37

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 Garbage Lighter (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX (YN 223)
  • Laid down, 31 July 1943
  • Launched, 29 May 1944
  • Placed in service as YG-37, 04 October 1944
  • Arrived San Diego, 23 December 1944
  • Sailed from San Pedro to Pearl Harbor in company Ponchatoula (AOG-38), 19 January - 01 February 1945
  • Sailed from Pearl to Eniwetok, March 1945
  • Towed from Eniwetok to Guam by Coshecton (YTB-404), 25 March - 03 April 1945
  • Sailed from Ulithi to San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 19-24 May 1945
  • Served at Leyte into postwar period
  • Placed out of service in reserve at Norfolk, April 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1973
  • Offered for sale at Norfolk, VA, 13 June 1974
  • Sold to Joseph Erisman, Port Angeles, WA and registered as fishing vessel Zingara (ON 561769), 1974
  • Probably never left East Coast; observed at San Juan under Panamanian flag, apparently in use as salvage vessel, 1976
  • Final disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 313 tons
    Length 118' 9"
    Beam 27' 7"
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    one Atlas direct-drive Diesel engine
    single propeller 240shp
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    YG-37
    YG-37 994k Self-propelled Garbage Lighter YG-37 moored at Coco Solo, Canal Zone, November 1944. Shown (left to right): MOMM2/C B.T. Koentopp; S2/C E.W. Mauthe; F1/C G. H. Prahm; Maziarz; BM1/C J. B. Rivers; and S2/C G.W. Carson. Note the NA date of 10 October 1944 must be incorrect, as YG-37 did not arrive in the Canal Zone until 27 October, a day earlier than the convoy she straggled from.
    80-G-289801, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives.    		 Dave Wright
    YG-37 879k Self-propelled Garbage Lighter YG-37 moored at Coco Solo, Canal Zone, November 1944. Operated by enlisted men only and safely brought back to port having lost contact with convoy of which it was part. Shown (left to right): S2/C E.V. McFadden; S2/C C.T. Martin; S2/C E.W. Mauth; S2/C T.H. Maziarz; S2/C C.W. Carson; F1/C G.H. Frahm; MOMM2/C B.T. Koentopp; BM1/C T.B. Rivers and F/2C G. Garcia [note spelling differences between the two captions].
    80-G-289802, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives.    		 Dave Wright
    YG-37 879k YG-37 in reserve at Norfolk, date unknown. Attack transports Mountrail (APA-213) and Sandoval (APA-194) are moored in the background.
    Postcard from Ted Stone collection.    		George Schneider
    Merchant Service
    YG-37 164k Zingara, ex-YG-37 moored at San Juan, PR, 30 January 1975. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YG-37 123k Zingara, ex-YG-37 moored at San Juan, PR, 21 January 1976. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history record for YG-37 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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