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Scuttled off Corregidor to prevent capture, 5 May 1942

Vaga (YT-116)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Defense Medal

District Harbor Tug:

Built by Shanghai Dock & Engineering Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China

Completed as the single-screw, steel-hulled tug General Weeks for the US Army Quartermasters Corps, 1910

Transferred to the Navy, 07 April 1930

Inactivated at Cavite Navy Yard for naval conversion, 22 May 1930

Renamed Vaga, 29 July 1931

Commissioned USS Vaga (YT-116) at Cavite, Boatswain Glen B. Swortwood commanding, 01 August 1931

During World War II Vaga was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Philippine Islands operation, 8 December 1941 to 5 May 1942

Scuttled off Corregidor to prevent capture, 05 May 1942

Struck from the Naval Register, 24 July 1942

Salvaged by the Japanese, renamed Taiyo Maru

Sunk by US aircraft in the Borneo area, about 15 January 1944

Vaga earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 529 tons
Length 148' 6"
Beam 26'
Draft 12' 10" (mean)
Speed unknown
Complement 28
Armament unknown
Propulsion steam, single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	408k	*General Weeks* as completed, exact date unknown. Photo from builder's advertisment in the publication New Map of China, second edition (Shanghai, 1915)		Dave Wright

View the Vaga (YT-116)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History & Heritage Command website

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
No Information Available

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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