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YO-53 Roustabout

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built circa 1923 to 1925, as the self-propelled fuel oil barge Hawaiian Standard for Standard Oil Co, of California, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the Navy from Standard Oil Co. of California, 31 Mary 1941
  • Commissioned USS Roustabout (YO-53), 10 June 1941, Lt. Comdr. Lawrence A. Parke, USNR, in command
  • Fitted out for naval service at Navy Yard Puget Sound, Bremerton, WA.
  • Assigned for duty to the 13th Naval District
  • Decommissioned, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 2 February 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Registion, 12 March 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 29 June 1946 at Olympia, WA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 217 t.
    Length 221'
    Beam 36'
    Draft 17'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    one single 3" gun mount
    two machine guns
    Propulsion diesel engines, single shaft, 600shp
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