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YO-56 Pumper

Pumper (YO-56) was transferred to France under the Lend-lease Act and renamed RFS Lac Tonle-Sap

YO-55 Class Fuel Oil Barge (Non-self-propelled):

Laid down, 25 March 1942, at RTC Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., under a contract from Ira S. Bushby & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Launched, 7 September 1942

Delivered to the US Navy and placed in service as Pumper (YO-56), 28 December 1942

Allocated to the 10th Naval District

Placed out of service, 10 February 1945 and transferred to France under terms of the Lend-lease Act

Commissioned into the French Navy as RFS Lac Tonle-Sap

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Returned to US custody for disposal through US State Department sale, 21 March 1949

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 944 t.
Length 235' 0"
Beam 37'
Draft 15'
Speed 10 kts.
Cargo Capacity 10,000 gal.
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion none

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
RFS Lac Tonle-Sap
	44k	Ex-Pumper (YO-56) underway while in French service as RFS Lac Tonle-Sap, date and location unknown.		Robert Hurst

View the Pumper (YO-56)
DANFS entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Last Updated 9 February 2007