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YW-16

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
YW-10 Class Self-propelled Water Barge:
  • Laid down, in 1905 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 26 June 1906
  • Commissioned USS YW-16, date unknown
  • Prior to WWII YW-16 was assigned to the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and was present during the
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • YW-16 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    YW-16 246k YW-16 on the building ways at Mare Island Navy Yard, 5 July 1905. The decommissioned Auxiliary Cruiser Buffalo is aft of YW-16. While the masts of the Training Ship Intrepid, being outfitted at the yard, can be seen above the building to the right of the water barge.Photo caption reads "Dept. of P.W.U.S. Navy Yard, M.I. Cal. Panorama of Collier Site view looking east 7/5/05."
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # MINSY 489-7-05.    		 Darryl Baker
    YW-16 75k YW-16 on the building ways at Mare Island Navy Yard in the spring of 1906.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # YW 16 1-4-06.    		 Darryl Baker
    YW-16 88k YW-16 ready for launching, 26 June 1906.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # YW 16 1-6-06 6/26/06..    		 Darryl Baker
    YW-16 67k YW-16 half way down the building ways at Mare Island, 26 June 1906. The decommissioned Auxiliary Cruiser Buffalo is to the right.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # YW 16 1-6-06 6/26/06..    		 Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history for YW-16 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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