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AF-9 Yukon

Arctic Class Stores Ship: Laid down as Mehanno, under a USSB contract at Moore Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Oakland, CA; Launched (date unknown); Acquired by the Navy, 14 November 1921; Converted for Naval service and Commissioned USS Yukon (AF-9), 6 December 1921; Decommissioned, 14 April 1921 at Philadelphia, PA; Laid up in Atlantic Reseve Fleet at Philadelphia, PA; Recommissioned, 19 January 1940 at Brooklyn, NY; Decommissioned, 18 March 1946 at Norfolk, VA; Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946; Transferred to Maritime Commission, 1 July 1946, for disposal; Final disposition, sold for scrapping, 29 July 1946, to Boston Metals, Baltimore, MD.

Specifications: Displacement 12,546 t.(fl); Length 416' 10"; Beam 53' 10"; Draft 25' 9"; Speed 12.3kts; Cargo Capacity 5,360 DWT; Complement, 229; Armament one 5"/51 gun mount, four 3"/50 dual purpose guns, 8 single 20mm gun mounts; Propulsions geared turbine, single shaft, 2,800shp.

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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