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YO-9

YO-2 Class Steel-hulled, house aft Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Laid down, 21 October 1914, at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 13 March 1915
  • Placed in service as Oil Barge No. 9 in the Naval District
  • Designated YO-9 in July 1920
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 335 t.
    Length 161' 0"
    Beam 25' 1"
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity 4,547 bbls.
    Water 41,528 gals.
    Fuel oil 2,880 bbls.
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion unknown
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    YO-9 281k Stern view of Fuel Oil Barge No. 9 at Mare Island on the morning of her launching.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 9 1798-3-1915, Navy Photo 1798, 3/13/1915    		 Darryl Baker
    YO-9 519k Starboard bow view of Fuel Oil Barge No. 9 at Mare Island on the morning of her launching.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 9 1801-3-1915, Navy Photo 1801, 3/13/1915    		 Darryl Baker
    YO-9 312k Port bow view of Fuel Oil Barge No. 9 at Mare Island on the morning of her launching.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 9 1802-3-1915, Navy Photo 1802, 3/13/1915    		 Darryl Baker
    YO-9 118k LCDR A. H. Van Keuren and the vessels Sponsor, Miss Helen Karns, are ready to christen Oil Barge No 9 at Mare Island, 13 March 1915..
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 9 031315- Sponsor I, Navy Photo, 3/13/1915    		 Darryl Baker
    YO-9 248k Launching of Oil Barge No 9 into dry dock #1 at Navy Yard Mare Island, 13 March 1915..
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 9 1802-3-1915a, Navy Photo 1802, 3/13/1915    		 Darryl Baker
    YO-9 157k Miss Helen Karns, the sponsor of Oil Barge No 9 after launching of the barge at Navy Yard Mare Island, 13 March 1915..
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # YO 9 031315- Sponsor III, Navy Photo, 3/13/1915    		 Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history record for YO-9 available at NavSource
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