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IX-87 / YAG-87 Saluda

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

Miscellaneous Unclassified, Yawl-rigged Yacht:

Built in 1938, as Odyssey, a wooden hulled yacht, at Henry B. Nevins, Inc., City Island, N.Y.

Acquired by the US Navy, 31 July 1942

Placed in service, 17 October, 1942

Commissioned Saluda (IX-87), 20 June 1943, at Port Everglades Section Base, FL.

Decommissioned, and placed in service in October 1945, at New London, CT.

Recommissioned, 20 May 1946

Decommissioned and placed in service, 7 January 1947

Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary Craft YAG-87, 29 June 1968

Placed out of service date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1974

Current Disposition, in use as Odyssey a Boy Scout training ship at Seattle. WA.

Specifications:
Displacement 92 t.
Length 89'
Beam 18'
Draft 10' 8"
Speed 9 kts.
Complement 19
Propulsion sail with auxiliary diesel, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	19k	Saluda (IX-87) launching as the yacht *Odyssey* in 1938 at Henry B. Nevins, Inc., City Island, N.Y		Tom Nye
	47k	ex Saluda (IX-87) as the yacht *Odyssey* in use as a Boy Scout training vessel, at Seattle WA. Photo circa 2002.		Tom Nye

View the Saluda (IX-87)
DANFS history entry located at Navsource.

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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