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USS Whipstock (YO-49)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Sierra - Yankee
NBSY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Bullwheel Class Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):

Built by Basalt Rock Co., Inc., Napa, CA (YN 23)

Laid down, 15 August 1941

Launched, 14 February 1942

Placed in service as Whipstock (YO-49), 23 September 1942

Operated in the Solomon Islands, 1943 - 1945

Whipstock was stationed in Japanese waters from October 1945 into the 1970s

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 01 January 1975

Final Disposition,sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 14 August 1975

Specifications:
Displacement 950 tons (lt) 1,731 tons (fl)
Length 235'
Beam 37'
Draft 15' (max)
Speed 10.6 knots
Cargo Capacity 10,000 barrels
Complement 4 officers, 30 enlisted
Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts

Propulsion

two DSG-6 Enterprise Diesel engines driving electric motors

two shafts, 835shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
141204902	62k	Whipstock (YO-49) as completed, 1942. US Navy photo from The Log, May 1943.		Dave Wright
141204901	1060k	Whipstock (YO-49) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo		Stan Svec

View the Whipstock (YO-49)
DANFS entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website

Commanding Officers
01	LT Russell Peter Goodman, D-M USNR ¹	23 September 1942 - (early 1943)
02	LT Stephen Louis Guice, D-V(G) USNR	(July 1943) - (November 1943)
03	LT(jg) (T) James J. Moran, Jr. USN	(January 1944)
03	LT Frederic Ainsley Highman, D-V(G) USNR	(April 1944) - (April 1945)
04	LT John Davis Young USNR	(July 1945)
05	LT H.M. Baker USNR	(October 1945)
06	LT(jg) T.J. Cronin USNR	(January 1946)
07	LT(jg) Paul John Mandabach, Jr. (D) USNR	(July 1946)


^{1. Promoted to Lt. Commander, late 1942.} Courtesy Dave Wright

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

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Last Updated 09 December 2022