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YG-15

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Pearl Harbor) - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

Steel-hulled Garbage Lighter (Non-self-propelled):

Built by Naval Station Pearl Harbor, TH

Launched, date unknown

Placed in service as YG-15, 1931

Allocated to the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor and Midway

YG-15 was at Pearl Harbor on 07 December 1941

Sunk in collision at Midway, 11 March 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

YG-15 earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Material steel hull
Displacement unknown
Length 50' 0"
Beam 20' 0"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Armament none
Capacity 1,450 cubic feet
Propulsion none

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

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