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USS YOG-76
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YOG-76 (1944 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Charlie - Mike
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (13NOV69) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (6) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

YOG-5 Class Gasoline Barge (Self-propelled):

Laid down, 24 February 1944, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.

Launched, date unknown

Commissioned USS YOG-76 in late 1944, at Bremerton, WA., CWO Harry Kelly, USN, in command

During World War II USS YOG-76 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and saw service at Saipan and Iwo Jima

Decommissioned and placed in service, date unknown

Deactivated and laid up in reserve, date unknown

YOG-76 was re-activated for service in Vietnam, date unknown

YOG-76 was assigned to the Naval Support Activity, Danang, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Tet Counteroffensive	Counteroffensive - Phase VI
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV	Tet/69 Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive - Phase V	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969

On 13 November 1969 while anchored in Cua Viet Cove, South Vietnam, YOG-76 sustained damage from two underwater explosions and sank in 20 feet of water. The craft was re-floated and towed to Da Nang, South Vietnam, but because of severe damage sustained was struck from the Naval Register

Placed out of service, date unknown, at Da Nang, South Vietnam

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1970

Final Disposition, sold as foreign excess property, 15 June 1973

Specifications:
Displacement 440 t.(lt) 1,235 t.(fl)
Length 174'
Beam 32'
Draft unknown
Speed 9 kts.
Complement 1 Officer, 22 Enlisted
Armament unknown
Propulsion diesel engines, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS YOG-76
	429k	USS YOG-76 at anchor alongside an unidentified LSM while off Saipan in 1944.	Forrest T. (Frosty) Frost collection
	99k	USS YOG-76 at anchor off Saipan in 1944.	Forrest T. (Frosty) Frost collection
	114k	Port aft quarter view of USS YOG-76 at anchor in 1944.	Forrest T. (Frosty) Frost collection
	390k	USS YOG-76 at anchor off Chichi-Jima in 1945.	Forrest T. (Frosty) Frost collection
	111k	USS YOG-76 crew members, left to right, Danny Morris, Ed Weaver, Doc Offenback, Shorty Franton and Cookie Harold Bland on the tank deck while the ship was in dry dock at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, date unknown.	Forrest T. (Frosty) Frost collection
	239k	USS YOG-76 crew members Vincent Troutman and Chester Barron, fooling around on the tank, date and location unknown.	Forrest T. (Frosty) Frost collection
	247k	Forrest T. (Frosty) Frost on the tank deck of USS YOG-76, date and location unknown.	Forrest T. Frost collection
	103k	USS YOG-76 off Iwo Jima in 1945, with Mount Suribachi in the background.	Forrest T. (Frosty) Frost collection
YOG-76
	69k	*YOG-76, YO-77* along with two unidentified YOGs, moored at Navy Yard Bremerton WA., 10 January 1945.	Tracy White
	97k	*YOG-76* and *YOG-77* along with two unidentified YOGs across from *APL-2* moored at pier 7-C, Puget Sound Navy Yard, 10 January 1945. Puget Sound Navy Yard photo # 99-45.	Tracy White
	120k	*YOG-76* nested in South Vietnam, circa 1968-1969	Photo ©Jack Coker LCU-1477
	35k	*YOG-76* at Cua Viet, South Vietnam after being sunk on 13 November 1969, by mines planted by North Vietnamese swimmers	Thomas Lanagan YFU-79
	43k	*YOG-76* sunk in the Cua Viet River, South Vietnam after being sunk, 13 November 1969, by mines planted by North Vietnamese swimmers	Rick Sherley
	40k	*YOG-76* arriving at NSA Danang after salvage, February 1970. Photo from Changes: A History of Naval Support Activity/Facility DaNang.	Dave Wright
	54k	*YOG-76* after being raised and towed to Danang, South Vietnam, date unknown.	Thomas Lanagan YFU-79