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US Army Tanker
Y-9


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


Design 294 Harbor Tanker
  • Built by Odenbach Shipbuilding, Rochester, NY (YN 9)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Transportation Corps as Y 9, August 1943
  • Operated in New Guinea area, 1944
  • Operating at Labuan Bay, Borneo, July 1945
  • Manned by US Coast Guard personnel, 24 September 1944 - 29 September 1945
  • Retained in Army service postwar
  • Disposed of, 1961
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 630 tons
    Length 180'
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 9 kts
    Complement 23 (including gun crew of 6)
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 280,000 gallons
    Propulsion two 6-cyl Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines
    twin screws, 480shp

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    Y-9
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    840k A weathered Y 9 moored in Cavite Bay, 18 June 1948.
    Signal Corps photo #PR-48-174 (Pfc Lentz), National Archives identifier 80667085
    David Upton

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