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YAG-18

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Lima - Sierra
NZLS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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


Self-propelled Iron-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built by Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, PA (YN 835)
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the Virginia Pilot Association, Norfolk, VA as coal-fired steam pilot vessel Relief (ON 110886), January 1891
  • Retired from pilot service and laid up, June 1932
  • Sold to Pocahontas Coal Co., Salisbury, MD, date unknown
  • Acquisition directed, 01 August 1942
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 19 September 1942
  • Converted for Naval service by Norfolk Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., starting 23 September 1942
  • Placed in service as YAG-18, 23 January 1943
  • Assigned to 10th Naval District, used as a reefer vessel on shuttle runs between Guantanamo Bay and American bases in Jamaica
  • Placed out of service at Norfolk, 27 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 05 March 1947
  • Returned to Pocahontas Coal Co., as Relief, 13 January 1947
  • Sold to Ahto Walter, St. Thomas, VI, 1953
  • Transferred to Costa Rican flag, 1955
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 257 gross tons, 116 net tons
    Length 128' 7" waterline, 145' 0" overall
    Beam 23' 0"
    Draft 12' 1"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    one 3"/23 gun forward (removed mid-1943)
    two .50 caliber machine guns
    Propulsion
    one diesel, 320hp (originally one 2-cylinder compound steam engine, 230shp)
    single propeller
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    YAG-18
    14201805
    49k Advertisment for Virginia Pilots' Association showing Relief in her civilian guise. Photo from Our Navy magazine, December 1915 David Wright
    YAG-18
    YAG-18
    14201801
    110k YAG-18, probably shown in the early stages of conversion at Norfolk, late 1942.
    US National Archives photo 19-N-41114
    Robert Hurst
    YAG-18
    14201802
    131k YAG-18, probably shown in the early stages of conversion at Norfolk, late 1942.
    US National Archives photo 19-N-41115
    Robert Hurst, courtesy Shipscribe.com
    YAG-18
    14201803
    85k YAG-18 underway off Norfolk, 01 February 1943.
    US National Archives photo 19-N-41914
    Robert Hurst
    YAG-18
    14201806
    247k YAG-18 underway off Norfolk, probably on 01 February 1943.
    Arthur D. Baker III collection.
    Robert Hurst, courtesy Shipscribe.com
    YAG-18
    14201804
    247k YAG-18 underway off Norfolk, probably on 01 February 1943.
    Arthur D. Baker III collection.
    Robert Hurst, courtesy Shipscribe.com

    There is no DANFS history available for YAG-18 at the Naval History & Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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