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YO-20


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


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

YO-20 Class Fuel Oil Barge:
  • Built by Tank Ship Building Corp, Newburgh, NY (YN 8)
  • Contract awarded, 17 December 1918
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to Navy, 06 February 1920
  • Assigned to First Naval District at Portsmouth, 1920 - about 1924
  • Assigned to Tenth Naval Distrct at Guantanamo, mid-1920s - about 1935
  • Assigned to Eleventh Naval District at San Diego, about 1938 - 1940
  • Assigned to Fourteenth Naval District at Pearl Harbor, about 1940 - late 1942
  • YO-20 was present during the Pearl Harbor attack, 07 December 1941
  • Assigned to South Pacific Force, serving as station tanker at Espiritu Santo, late 1942 - August 1945
  • Towed from Espiritu Santo to Tulagi by Tawasa (ATF-92), 24-27 August 1945
  • Stationed at Eniwetok from September 1945 into postwar
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, destroyed (presume scuttled in Western Pacific), 05 April 1947
    Specifications:
    Hull steel
    Displacement 327 tons displacement
    Length 165' 9" overall
    Beam 25' 1"
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity 3,563 barrels
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    steam
    single propeller, 218hp

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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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