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USS Driller (YO-61)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Charlie - Lima
NICL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):

Built by Platzer Boat Works, Houston, TX

Launched, January 1941

Completed for Sociedade Anonima Concesionaria de Refinacao de Petroleos, Lisbon, as coastal tanker Sacor, 1941

Acquired by Navy, 02 September 1941

Converted for naval service by Todd-Galveston Dry Dock Co., 03 September 1941 - 23 January 1942

Commissioned USS Driller (YO-61), 23 January 1942, LT. Howard H. Hansen, USNR, in command

Assigned as station tanker, Argentia, Newfoundland, 1942-1945

Decommissioned at Argentia and placed in service, 01 November 1945

Towed to Newport, RI and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 21 March 1947

Registered to Crossbie & Co. Ltd, St. John's, Newfoundland, as Driller (B177107), 14 May 1947

Registered under Cuban flag to Compañía de Transporte Mar Caribe SA, Havana, renamed Farovi, 1955

Registered to Empresa Consolidada del Petróleo, Havana, renamed Playa Colorada, 1962

Registered under Ecuadorian flag to Navipac SA, Guayaquil, renamed Don Alfredo, 1963

Registered to E. Escobar Pallarés, Guayaquil, date unknown

Final disposition, scrapped 1978

Specifications:
Displacement 2,423 tons (fl)
Length 214' 0" overall
Beam 35'
Draft 14'
Speed 8 knots
Cargo Capacity unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion

two diesels

two shafts, 630bhp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
141206101	74k	*Don Alfredo*, moored, date and location unknown. Photo from now defunct website lacuadernacubana.com		Dave Wright

Commanding Officers
01	LT/LCDR Howard Harl Hansen, D-M USNR	23 January 1942 - 09 April 1942
02	LT Raymond H. Donnell, D-M USNR	09 April 1942 - 11 April 1944
03	LT Harold C. Cunningham, D-M USNR	11 April 1944 - 25 June 1945
04	LT Robert Jackson Wimbish, D USNR	25 June 1945 - 01 November 1945

View the Driller (YO-61)
DANFS entry located at the Naval History & Heritage Command website

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

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Last Updated 09 December 2022