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YO-243


Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled):
  • Laid down, date unknown, as US Army design 294, Coastal Tanker Y-88, at Odenbach Shipbuilding, Rochester, N.Y.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered and placed in service by the US Army, circa January to September 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1946
  • Placed in service as YO-243
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 632 t.
    Length 182'
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion diesel

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

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