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YAG-5

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Juliet - Xray
 NAJX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Self-propelled wood-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built, date unknown, as a fishing vessel by John F. James and Sons, Essex, MA.
  • Acquired by the Boston Maritime Corp., Boston, MA. in 1923 and named MV Radio
  • Acquired, 11 December 1941 by the US Navy
  • Placed in service as YAG-5, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 28 June 1944
  • Sold private, 8 March 1946, unknown owner
  • Final Disposition, foundered at San Diego in 1950
    Specifications:
    Displacement 132 t.
    Length 97'
    Beam 24' 6"
    Draft 13' 5"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion one Bergsund 3-cylinder diesel, 32nhp
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