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YO-76

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Whiskey - Zulu
NUWZ

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 - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

YO-65 Class Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):

Built by Brunswick Marine Construction Corp., Brunswick, GA (YN 137)

Laid down, 05 June 1943

Launched, 31 October 1943

Completed and placed in service as YO-76, 28 February 1944

Sailed to Pearl Harbor via Balboa and San Diego, March - May 1944

Sailed from Pearl Harbor to Kwajalein, 12-25 June 1944

Stationed at Eniwetok, July - September 1944

Stationed at Ulithi, October 1944 - November 1945

Fought fires on tanker Mississinewa (AO-59) after her torpedoing, 20 November 1944

Stationed in Japanese waters, November 1945 - 1946

Transferred to US Army as Y 481, November 1946

Apparently retained in Army service into 1960s

Sold and rebuilt as fishing vessel, registered to Nordic Packing Corp., Seattle, WA (ON 506241), 1968

Registered to Kodiak Fishing Co., Kodiak, AK, about 1970

Renamed Shelikov Strait, 29 July 1977

Registered to Shelikov Strait, Juneau, AK, early 1980s

Registered to Western Pioneer, Inc., Seattle, WA, renamed Capelin, 1985

Registered to Blue North Fisheries, Seattle, WA, 2002

Registered to Pelican Point Packers, Seattle, WA, 2003

Registered to Mt. Vernon Seafoods, Mt. Vernon, WA, 2010

After sitting derelict for several years, sold to Independent Metals for scrapping, 2010s

Hull converted for use as deck barge on Puget Sound, 2017

Final disposition, fate unknown (still in use 2018)

Specifications:
Displacement 440 tons (lt), 1390 tons (fl)
Length 174'
Beam 33'
Draft 13' (max.)
Speed unknown
Complement 1 officer, 20 enlisted
Armament none
Propulsion

one Union Diesel engine

single propeller, 600shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
US Army Tanker Y-481
141207602	576k	Y 481 underway, probably in Japanese or Korean waters about 1951. Photo by ENS George L. Hatchett, USS Renshaw (DDE-499)	Steve Hatchett, for his father, LT(jg) George L. Hatchett USN
Commercial Service
141207603	193k	*Capelin* moored on Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA, 24 August 2008. Photo by Daniel Ramirez, Honolulu, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)	Dave Wright
141207601	869k	*Capelin* moored on south shore of Salmon Bay, Seattle, WA, 20 September 2011. Photo copyright Kyle Stubbs, via shipspotting.com	Dave Wright
141207604	323k	Reamins of *Capelin* in use as deck barge on Duwamish River, Seattle, WA, 28 February 2018. Photo copyright Kyle Stubbs, via shipspotting.com	Dave Wright

There is no DANFS history record for YO-76 available at NavSource

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

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