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US Army Coastal Tanker
Y-30

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Design 286 Harbor Tanker
  • Built by Kyle & Co., Stockton, CA (YN 17)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Transportation Corps as Y 30, January 1944
  • Loaned to Navy as YOL-2, 1944
  • Assigned to Twelfth Naval District, operated in San Francisco Bay
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Registered to Pacific Navigation & Trading Co., Seattle, WA, renamed Argo (ON 254911), 1948
  • Sold Canadian, registered to Union Steamship Co., Ltd., Vancouver, BC, renamed Argus (C192513), 1950
  • Renamed Straits No. 12, 1953
  • Damaged by fire and explosion at Ioco, Port Moody, BC, 15 June 1953
  • Hulk converted to barge by Straits Towing & Salvage Co.
  • Registered to Vancouver Tug Boat Co. Ltd., Vancouver, BC, renamed Pacific Barge 12, circa 1967
  • Registered to Rivtow Straits Ltd., Vancouver, BC, renamed Rivtow 7, circa 1979
  • Registered to Brown's Wastewater Ltd., Victoria, BC, renamed Browns 301, circa 2003
  • Renamed Capco 200, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown - registry closed 02 July 2012
    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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    302003001    		 117k Argus underway during the early 1950s. Photo copyright S.C. Heal. Dave Wright
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