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YAG-4

Self-propelled Steel-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built, date unknown, by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, BCC
  • Acquired by the North Negros Sugar Co., Ltd. Hoilo, P.I. in 1931 and named MV Manapla
  • Acquired, 25 June 1941 by the US Navy for conversion to support vessel in the 16th Naval District
  • Lost while under conversion at Cavite Navy Yard when it was bombed and destroyed, 10 December 1941 by Japanese forces
  • Abandoned when Cavite Navy Yard was evacuated. It is unclear if any were salvaged for Japanese use.
  • Considered lost with the fall of Manila, 3 January 1942
    Specifications:
    Displacement 248 t.
    Length 125'
    Beam 24'
    Draft 8'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion one Atlas 4-cylinder diesel, 200bhp
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