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YW-16
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 Water Barge No. 16 (1906 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Pearl Harbor) - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YW-16 Class Self-propelled Water Barge:
  • Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Authorized, 25 October 1905
  • Laid down, 1905
  • Launched, 26 June 1906
  • Completed as Water Barge No. 16, 1906
  • Redesignated YW-16, 17 July 1920
  • Assigned to Mare Island Navy Yard until about 1939
  • Towed to Hawaii for duty in 14th Naval District, circa 1939
  • YW-16 was at Pearl Harbor, 07 December 1941
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by scuttling, July 1946
  • YW-16 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 120' 0"
    Beam 23' 6"
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cargo Capacity
    Water 100,000 gallons
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion steam
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    YW-16 246k Water Barge No. 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 Water Barge No. 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 Water Barge No. 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 Water Barge No. 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
    YW-16 67k YW-16 moored to bow of California (BB-44), just after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 07 December 1941
    Cropped from National Archives photo 80-G-32432    		 Dave Wright
    YW-16 89k YW-16 moored to bow of West Virginia (BB-48), after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 10 December 1941
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 50770 (cropped)    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history for Water Barge No. 16 / YW-16 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 19 July 2017