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YAG-33
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 USAS Major J. R. Wessely (FS-80) (1942 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Juliet - Xray
 NWJX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Self-propelled Steel-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built by John F. Duthie & Co., Seattle WA
  • Launched, 10 April 1912
  • Completed for Alaska Whaling Co., Seattle, WA, as the whaler Unimak (ON 209710), 1912
  • Sold to Pacific Sea Products Co., 1914
  • Sold to American Pacific Whaling Co., Seattle, WA, 1928
  • Acquired by the US Army, enamed USAS Major J. R. Wessely (FS-80), 1942
  • Operated in Alaskan waters
  • Declared excess to needs by the US Army, October 1944
  • Transferred to the US Navy, 18 November 1944
  • Placed in service as YAG-33, 22 November 1944
  • Stationed at Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, WA, 1944-45
  • Placed out of service, 02 October 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 24 October 1945
  • Sold back to American Pacific Whaling, 10 September 1946
  • Final Disposition, abandoned 1949
    Specifications:
    Displacement 146 gross tons
    Length 100'
    Beam 19' 2"
    Draft 12' 4"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one single shaft triple expansion steam engine (11" 18" 29" x 24")
    one propeller, 350shp
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    By
    Namesake
    YAG-33 7k Major Joseph Rudolph Wessely (20 December 1887-29 December 1932), QMC, US Army. Wessely was murdered at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, along with his wife and another couple, by a crazed soldier who was upset over being demoted. The soldier was subsequently shot and killed by a provost guard. The Army named FS-80 in his honor. Dave Wright
    Commercial Service
    YAG-33 38k As Unimak, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy Puget Sound Maritme Historical Society    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history available for YAG-33 at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 29 May 2024