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YO-50


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Tango - Lima
 NBTL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YO-50 Fuel Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, NJ (YN 102)
  • Completed for Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, NY as harbor tanker M. J. Derby (ON 227669), June 1928
  • Acquired by the Navy, February 1941
  • Converted for naval service at Marine Basin, Brooklyn, NY
  • Placed in service as YO-50 in 1941
  • Allocated to the 10th Naval District, served in Caribbean (mostly at Guantanamo), 1941-46
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, 05 March 1947
  • Sold to Commercial Towing Co., Brooklyn, NY, renamed M.A. Krisel, 1947
  • Sold to Reliable Fuel Supply Co., Brooklyn, NY, renamed Reliable, 1956
  • Final dispostion, scrapped 1978
    Specifications:
    Displacement 310 tons
    Length 125.4'
    Beam 28.0'
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity 4,475 barrels
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one Fairbanks Morse Diesel engine, 300shp
    single propeller
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    YO-50
    141205001    		 518k YO-50 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, following conversion, 03 June 1941. The four smokestacks and "basket" foremast of Seattle (IX-39) are in the center distance.
    US National Archives photo 19-N-24233    		 Dave Wright
    YO-50
    141205002    		 492k Portside profile view of YO-50 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, following conversion, 03 June 1941.
    US National Archives photo 19-N-24231    		 Mike Green
    YO-50
    141205003    		 576k Portside profile view of YO-50 at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, following conversion, 03 June 1941.
    US National Archives photo 19-N-24232    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history record for YO-50 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 23 January 2017