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YFD-15


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

Yard Floating Drydock:
  • Laid down, date and place unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Placed in service as YFD-15, date unknown
  • During World War II YFD-15 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown

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    Chawasha 238k YFD-15 is in the background of this photo of USS Chawasha (ATF-151) fitting out at Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Charleston, S.C. in January1945. Alan Owens, USMM
    ATA-203 70k USS ATA-203 departing Pearl Harbor with YFD-15 under tow. Richard W. Frierich F1/c USS LSM-467
    ATA-203 73k USS ATA-203 handing off her tow, YFD-15, to YTB-270 in San Diego harbor, 25 May 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467
    ATA-203 55k USS ATA-203 on the lower Mississippi River towing YFD-15 to New Orleans. 30 June 1946 Richard W. Frierich F1/c USS LSM-467
    ATA-203 55k USS ATA-203 on the lower Mississippi River towing YFD-15 to New Orleans, Note some of the ATA-203 crew with their mascot "Tugs," 30 June 1946 Richard W. Frierich F1/c USS LSM-467

    There is no DANFS history for YFD-15 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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