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YAG-21
ex
 YHB-17 (1942)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Tango - Echo
 NKTE
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:
  • Laid down in 1929 as the yacht Memory
  • Renamed West Wind, date unknown
  • Renamed Lela, date unknown
  • Acquired by the US Navy in December 1941
  • Placed in service as Yard Houseboat YHB-17
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary YAG-21, 28 September 1942
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, grounded and lost, 2 March 1945, location unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 157 t.
    Length 101'
    Beam 20'
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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