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YAG-30

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Uniform - Foxtrot
 NKUF
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:
  • Completed 1915 by John Wilson, Seattle, WA, as the motor cargo vessel Amazon (ON 213611) for Lillico Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, WA
  • Capsized at Tacoma soon after completion, raised, rebuilt and sold to Merchants' Transportation Co., Tacoma, WA. renamed V.P. Handy
  • Sold, date unknown, to Puget Sound Freight Lines, Tacoma, WA, name retained
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 4 January 1943 and placed in service same day as YAG-30, allocated to the 13th Naval District at Seattle
  • YAG-30 provided freight service between Pier 91, Seattle and Bremerton, WA
  • Placed out of service, 26 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 05 December 1945
  • To Maritime Commission for sale
  • Removed from MC sale list and returned to Navy as scrap, 03 June 1946
  • Sold by Navy, delivered to buyer, 14 December 1946
    Specifications:
    Displacement 105 gross tons
    Length 83.1'
    Beam 24.7'
    Draft 5.4'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion one diesel engine, single propeller, 75bhp
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