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US Army Tanker
Y-21

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 (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Design 286 Harbor Tanker
  • Built by Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange, TX (YN 267)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, 30 March 1943
  • Delivered to the US Army Transportation Corps as Y 21, 20 August 1943
  • Operated in New Guinea waters, 1944
  • Manned by US Coast Guard personnel, 20 September 1944 - January 1946
  • During 1945 Y-21 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945
  • Placed out of service, about 1946
  • Converted to cargo vessel, registered to Madrigal Shipping Co., Philippines, and renamed Perla, 1949
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown (deleted from registers 1990)
  • Y-21 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 484 tons
    Length 162'
    Beam 27'
    Draft 13'
    Speed 9 knots
    Complement 23 (including gun crew of 6)
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 280,000 gallons
    Propulsion one 6-cyl diesel engine
    single screw 400shp
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