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YW-85


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Quebec - Quebec
 NFQQ
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
YW-83 Class Self-propelled Water Barge:
  • Built by Zenith Dredge Co., Duluth, MN (YN 8)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, 14 March 1943
  • Placed in service as YW-85, July 1943
  • Allocated to the Seventh Naval District at Key West, FL
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 01 March 1975
    Specifications:
    Displacement 440 tons (lt), 1390 tons (fl)
    Length 174'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 13' (max.)
    Speed unknown
    Cargo Capacity 200,000 gallons
    Complement 1 officer, 20 enlisted
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    single diesel
    single screw, 560hp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YW-86
    141708502    		 78k YW-85 just after launching at Zenith Dredge, 14 March 1943.
    Photo from University of Wisconsin—Superior, Jim Dan Hill Library.    		 Bryan Fisher, RMC USCG
    YW-85
    141708501    		 147k YW-85 underway, date and location unknown.
    National Archives photo 80-G-44542    		 Stan Svec
    YW-85
    09450416    		 84k YW-85 under tow at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba enroute to Ocho Rios, Jamaica for water, 02 March 1964. At the pier in the background is USS Abatan (AW-4).
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 98917    		 NHHC
    There is no DANFS history available for YW-85 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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