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YG-30

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Uniform - Zulu NCUZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

YG-22 Class Garbage Lighter (Self-propelled):

Built by DeKom Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, NY

Laid down, 14 December 1942

Launched, 23 July 1943

Completed, 01 December 1943

Placed in service at New York Navy Yard as YG-30, 03 December 1943

Arrived at Pearl Harbor, 19 May 1944

Sailed from Pearl to Majuro, 25 May - 07 June 1944

Operated at Eniwetok, June - September 1944

Sailed from Eniwetok to Manus, 16-27 September 1944

Operated at Manus into 1945

Moved to Leyte by end of war

Placed out of service, date unknown (still active 1955)

Struck from the Naval Register, 01 May 1972

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 313 tons
Length 118' 9"
Beam 27' 7"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none

Propulsion

one direct-drive Atlas Diesel engine

single propeller, 240shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
140970202	38k	YG-30 at anchor, date and location unknown.		Robert Hurst
140970202	141k	Arawak (YTB-702) sidetowing YG-30 at San Diego, 1974. The YG was presumably being taken out for disposal, as she was stricken two years earlier..		Dave Wright

Commanding Officers
01	ENS Broward Moore Daniel, D-V(G) USNR	May 1944 - ????

There is no DANFS history record for YG-30 available at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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