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YAG-6

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Lima - Tango NALT

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Self-propelled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:

Built by George Lawley and Son, Neponset, MA

Completed for William E. Iselin, New York, NY, as the steel-hulled schooner yacht Enchantress (ON 208667), 1911

Acquired by banker Robert E. Tod, New York, NY, renamed Katoura II, 1924

Acquired by Morgan Adams, Los Angeles, CA, renamed Enchantress, 1925

Chartered by the Navy from Adams, 19 December 1941

Designation changed from AGb-2 to YAG-6, 31 December 1941

Placed in service as YAG-6, 08 January 1942

Operated as station vessel at San Pedro 1942-43

Transferred to 11th Naval District for laying up, 25 March 1943

Laid up and decommissioned by 03 May 1943

Purchased by Maritime Commission for $35,000, 16 October 1943

Placed back in service with crew of Araner (IX-57) as experimental vessel with Navy Radio and Sound Laboratory, San Diego, 08 August 1944

Placed out of service, 27 June 1946

Struck from Naval Register, 19 July 1946

Sold by Maritime Commission to Morgan Adams and James M. Adams, Jr., Los Angeles, CA as Enchantress, 30 August 1946

Sold to William C. and Patricia Ogle, Newport Beach, CA, 1949

Sold to Oliver W. Blivins, Joseph J. Flick, Jr. and Hulda J. Flick, Jr., Inglewood, CA, 1950

Sold to Lazare Baker, DBA Dade Drydock Corp., Miami FL, 1953

Resold to Roy Edison McTaggert, Grand Cayman Is. and Olney Clive Webster, Kingston, Jamaica, and tranferred to British flag 05 September 1953

Final disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 191 gross tons
Length 100' 0" waterline, 136' 0" overall
Beam 27' 0"
Draft 16' 7"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion one diesel, 215bhp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
14200603	33k	Yacht *Enchantress* as completed. Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection	Dave Wright
14200601	229k	*USS Enchantress* (YAG-6)** moored, location unknown, July 1945.	Michelle Lompe for her great grand-uncle, John Heinecke
14200601	229k	Crew of *USS Enchantress* (YAG-6)** posing aboard, July 1945. Arrow points to Coxswain John "Buddy" Heinecke.	Michelle Lompe for her great grand-uncle, John Heinecke

There is no DANFS history available for YAG-6 at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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