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US Army Coastal Tanker
Y-5

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
Design 294 Harbor Tanker
  • Built by Odenbach Shipbuilding, Rochester, NY (YN 5)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Transportation Corps as Y 5, May 1943
  • Operated in Southwest Pacific, 1944 - 1945
  • Manned by US Coast Guard personnel, October 1944 - 27 December 1945
  • Turned over to Sixth Army at Nagoya, Japan, 27 December 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Converted to trawler and registered to Arctic King, Inc., Juneau, AK, renamed Arctic King (ON 292791), 1964
  • Sold to Sourdough Alaskan and renamed Sourdough Queen, 1966
  • Sold to Dillingham Foods and renamed Francisca V., 1970
  • Sold to Queen Fisheries and renamed East Point, 1971
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown (no longer active)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 630 tons
    Length 180'
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 9 kts
    Complement 23 (including gun crew of 6)
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 280,000 gallons
    Propulsion two 6-cyl Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines
    twin screws, 480shp
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    Y-5
    302000501    		 477k Y 5 passes into Lake Ontario from her builder's yard, circa May 1943. An Associated Press photo that appeared in several newspapers during June 1943. Dave Wright
    There is no history record available for US Army Tanker Y-5 at NavSource
    Commanding Officers
    01LT T. H. Gifford, USCGROctober 1944 - ????
    02ENS J.A. Mulcahy, USCGR???? - 04 November 1945
    03ENS O.H. Linderott, USCGR04 November 1945 - 27 December 1945

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