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US Army Tanker
Y-47

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Design 294 Harbor Tanker
  • Built by Lancaster Iron Works, Perryville, MD (YN 205)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Transportation Corps as Y 47, June 1944
  • Placed in service, date and location unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Registered under Moroccan flag to Vitoria Maritime Co. as Koufra, 1948
  • Registered to Société Africaine de Transports Maritimes as Marhaba, 1949
  • Registered to Compagnie Chérifienne (Société d’Armement de Navires Citernes, 1950
  • Registered to SA Frêt Maroc, 1953
  • Seriously damaged by explosion at Le Havre and forepart rebuilt, 1953
  • Registered under Honduran flag, renamed Mont Khi, 1957
  • Registered to Compagnie d’Armement Maritime as Sagallo, 1957
  • Registered to D.A. Portolos as Portolos 16, 1958
  • Registered under Italian flag to CIANE as Corallina Bunker, 1962
  • Final Disposition, BU Naples, 1992
    Specifications:
    Displacement 633 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 Clark Bros. 4-cyl diesel engines
    twin screws, 700hp
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    Y-47
    302004701    		 83k Underway as Marhaba during 1950s.
    Photo copyright Yvon Perchoc, via marine-marchande.net    		 Dave Wright
    Y-47
    302004702    		 56k As Corallina Bunker, date and location unknown. Note her bow has been rebuilt since being damaged in 1953.
    Photo via naviearmatori.net    		 Dave Wright
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