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YO-69


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Sierra - Quebec
NUSQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal


YO-65 Class Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Built by RTC Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ (YN 145)
  • Laid down, 08 March 1943
  • Launched, 03 July 1943
  • Placed in service, 08 September 1943
  • Allocated to the Fifth Naval District at Norfolk, VA, homeported at the Naval Fuel Annex, Craney Island, Portsmouth, VA
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 February 1974
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, 01 March 1975
    Specifications:
    Displacement 440 tons (lt), 1,400 tons (fl)
    Length 174'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 13' (max.)
    Speed unknown
    Complement 1 officer, 20 enlisted
    Armament two single 20mm guns
    Cargo Capacity 6,570 barrels
    Propulsion
    one Fairbanks-Morse 5-cylinder diesel
    one shaft, 560hp

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    YO-69
    141206904
    492k Aerial view "off the Stern" of YO-69 underway in the Schuylkill River off Philadelphia Navy Yard, 13 September 1943.
    Philadelphia Navy Yard photo 1704-43
    Stan Svec, YO-69
    YO-69
    141206901
    80k YO-69 looking aft, Pier Alpha, Naval Fuel Annex, Craney Island, VA, March 1954. Stan Svec, YO-69
    YO-69
    141206902
    108k YO-69 underway from Naval Fuel Annex, Craney Island, VA, enroute to Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA, March 1954. Stan Svec, YO-69
    YO-69
    141206903
    101k YO-69 moored port side to, Pier Alpha, Naval Fuel Annex, Craney Island, VA, March 1954. The stern of YOG-107 is visible upper center. Stan Svec, YO-69
    YO-75
    141207501
    101k YO-69 moored astern of YO-75, Pier Alpha, Naval Fuel Annex, Craney Island, VA, March 1954. Stan Svec, YO-69

    There is no DANFS history record for YO-69 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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