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YAG-33
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USAS Major J. R. Wessely (FS-80) (1942 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Juliet - Xray
NWJX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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


Self-propelled Steel-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Launched 10 April 1912 as the whaler Unimak by John F. Duthie & Co., Seattle WA (ON 209710) for Alaska Whaling Co.
  • Sold in 1914 to Pacific Sea Products Co., name retained
  • Sold, date unknown, to American Pacific Whaling Co., Seattle, WA, name retained
  • Acquired by the US Army in 1942, renamed USAS Major J. R. Wessely (FS-80)
  • Declared excess to needs by the US Army, October 1944
  • Transferred to the US Navy, 18 November 1944
  • Placed in service as YAG-33, 22 November 1944
  • Stationed at Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, WA, 1944-45
  • Placed out of service, 02 October 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 24 October 1945
  • Sold back to American Pacific Whaling, 10 September 1946
  • Final Disposition, abandoned 1949
    Specifications:
    Displacement 146 gross tons
    Length 100'
    Beam 19' 2"
    Draft 12' 4"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one single shaft triple expansion steam engine
    one propeller, 350shp

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    YAG-33 38k As Unimak, date unknown. Photo courtesy Puget Sound Maritme Historical Society Dave Wright
    YAG-33 7k Major Joseph Rudolph Wessely (20 December 1887-29 December 1932), QMC, US Army. Wessely was murdered at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, along with his wife and another couple, by a crazed soldier who was upset over being demoted. The soldier was subsequently shot and killed by a provost guard. The Army named FS-80 in his honor. Dave Wright

    There is no DANFS history available for YAG-33 at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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