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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:
  • Laid down in 1890 as the coal-fired steam pilot cutter Relief at Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Delivered to the Virginia Pilot Association, Norfolk, VA. in January 1891.
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 2 November 1942
  • Placed in service as YAG-18 and used as a reefer vessel on shuttle runs between Guantanamo Bay and American bases in Jamaica
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold private, 13 January 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 242 t.
    Length 128' 7"
    Beam 23'
    Draft 12' 1"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion one 2-cylinder compound steam engine, single propeller, 500 ihp
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