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USS Seize (ARS-26)
USCGC Yocona (WAT-168 / WMEC-168)


USS Seize (ARS-26) was transferred to the US Coast Guard and renamed USCGC Yocona (WAT-168)
USS Seize (ARS-26) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
USCGC Yocona (WAT-168 / WMEC-168) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Coast Guard Unit Commendation (2) - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation (5) 1-with Operational Distinguishing Device - 19 May 1994 to 30 May 1996)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal (3) - Humanitarian Service Medal (2) - Coast Guard Special Operations Ribbon (2)
Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:
  • Laid down, 28 September 1943, at Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA.
  • Launched, 8 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS Seize (ARS-26), 3 November 1944, Lt. Herman B. Conrad in command
  • Decommissioned in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferrer to US Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Yocona (WAT-168), 28 June 1946
  • Redesignated Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC-168) in 1965
  • Decommissioned, 30 May 1996 and returned to US Naval custody, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, to be disposed of as a target off Guam in 2006
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,630 t.
    Length 213' 6"
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14' 4"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 120
    Armament four 40mm guns, four .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion diesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780hp
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    USS Seize (ARS-26)
    Seize 91k LT Herman B. Conrad (left of the speaker) assumes command of Seize (ARS 26) at Basalt Rock Co. Shipyard, Napa, CA. Basalt was about 10 miles north of Mare Island up the Napa River.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2724-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    USCGC Yocona (WAT-168 / WMEC-168)
    Seize 67k ex-Seize (ARS-26) in Coast Guard service as USCGC Yocona (WAT-168) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo # 28483, May 1948.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Seize 46k ex-Seize (ARS-26) in Coast Guard service as USCGC Yocona (WAT-168) moored pierside at Ford Island, Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI,, June 1999 Courtesy Joe Lewis
    via
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Seize 52k ex-Seize (ARS-26) in Coast Guard service as USCGC Yocona (WMEC-168) underway, date and place unknown. Ken Laesser
    Seize 160k ex-Seize (ARS-26) in Coast Guard service as USCGC Yocona (WMEC-168) underway, date and place unknown. She is towing a buoy.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    The CG History Center
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - Yocona
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