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YAG-17

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Kilo - Lima
 NZKL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Self-propelled Wooden-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Laid down in 1919 as the 5-mast barkentine City of Vicksburg at International Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS. for the City of Vicksburg Ship Co., Gulfport, MS.
  • Renamed Marsala in January 1920,
  • Sold in April 1922 to Fields S. Pendleton & Charles E. Gremmels, New York, N.Y.
  • Sold in May 1927 to Durham Navigation Co., New York, N.Y.
  • Sold in December 1929 to Paramount Navigation Co., New York, N.Y.
  • Sold in October 1930 to Durham Navigation Co., New York, N.Y.
  • Sold in January 1932 to American Nautical Academy, Washington, D.C.
  • Requisitioned, 30 June 1942, by the War Shipping Administration (WSA)
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 25 September 1942
  • Placed in service as YAG-17 as an Attack Transport simulator at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA.
  • Dragged anchor during a hurricane, 14 September 1944, beached at Sandy Point on the James River, VA. tearing the hull open
  • Final Disposition, hull abandoned in 1946
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2422 t.
    Length 284' 3"
    Beam 45' 4"
    Draft 25'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion sail
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