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US Army Tanker
Y-36

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Coastal Tanker
  • Built by Hathaway Machinery, Fairhaven, MA (YN 1)
  • Completed for Colonial Transport Corp., New Bedford, MA, as coastal tanker M.L. Sylvia (ON 236354), June 1937
  • Acquired by the US Army Transportation Corps, 1942
  • Placed in service as Y-36, date and location unknown
  • Operated in Caribbean and Canal Zone, 1942 - 1945
  • Transfered to Navy as YO-236, 09 March 1946
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 30 April 1947
  • Registered to Warren L. Graham, Philadelphia, PA, 1947
  • Registered to M.L. Sylvia & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 1956
  • Registered to Coastal Marine Transportation, Philadelphia, PA, 1964
  • Final disposition, broken up by Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1968
    Specifications:
    Displacement 686 gross tons, 519 net tons
    Length 174' 2"
    Beam 32' 0"
    Draft 13' 7"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two 6-cyl diesel engines
    twin screws 760shp
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