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US Army Tanker
Y-6

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 (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Design 294 Harbor Tanker
  • Built by Odenbach Shipbuilding, Rochester, NY (YN 6)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Transportation Corps as Y 6, June 1943
  • Operated in New Guinea waters, October 1943 - January 1944
  • Manned by US Coast Guard personnel, 20 September 1944 - December 1945
  • During World War II US Army Tanker Y-6 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Battle of Surigao Strait, 25-26 October 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 04-18 January 1945
  • Apparently retained in Army service postwar
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Registered to Boat Sales, Inc., Washington, DC, as Islander (ON 280109), 1959
  • Registered to Island Transportation Corp., Washington, DC, 1961
  • Believe operated in US Virgin Islands
  • Final disposition, deleted from registers, 1992
  • US Army Coastal Tanker Y-6 earned two battle stars for World War II service
    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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