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YO-21


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


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

YO-20 Class Steel-hulled Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built (date unknown) by Tank Ship Building Co., Newburgh, N.Y.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the Navy in 1918
  • Placed in service as Fuel Oil Barge # 21
  • Designated YO-21, in July 1920
  • Allocated to the 14th Naval District
  • During World War II YO-21 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and was at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • YO-21 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 335 t.
    Length 161' 0"
    Beam 25' 1"
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity 3,563 bbls.
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion unknown

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    Fleet Reserve Association

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