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YG-21

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Uniform - Papa
 NCUP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - 7 December 1941) - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Steel-hulled Garbage Lighter (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Authorized, 08 February 1938
  • Laid down, 23 July 1938
  • Launched, 04 May 1939
  • Placed in service as Garbage Lighter YG-21, 18 May 1939
  • Allocated to the 14th Naval District
  • YG-21 was present at Pearl Harbor on 07 December 1941
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 September 1970
  • Sold, 03 November 1971
  • Rebuilt as fishing vessel, renamed AFAC Queen (ON 618129)
  • Renamed Bull Harbor, circa 1988
  • Renamed Olajean, 2000
  • Renamed Harvestor, 2004
  • Current disposition, out of service at Seattle, WA
  • YG-21 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 313 tons
    Length 118' 9"
    Beam 27' 7"
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    one Diesel engine
    single propeller, 250shp
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    YG-21
    Narkeeta 1045k From left to right; Wahneta (YT-134), Narkeeta (YT-133) and YG-21 at the end of building ways # 1 at Mare Island Navy Yard, 17 April 1939. All three of these vessels were launched on 04 May 1939.
    US Navy photo    		 Darryl Baker
    YG-21 703k YG-21 arriving at Mare Island after her trials in May 1939.
    Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum photo 688-5-39    		 Darryl Baker
    YG-21 243k YG-21 alongside the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39), shortly after she was sunk at Pearl Harbor by Japanese bombs on 07 December 1941.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 83062 (cropped)    		 Dave Wright
    Commercial Service
    YG-21 126k F/V Bull Harbor, ex-YG-21, moored at Seattle, WA, 08 November 1993.
    Photo by George Schneider    		 George Schneider
    YG-21 275k F/V Harvestor, ex-YG-21, moored at Terminal 91, Seattle, WA, 07 March 2011.
    Photo by Kyle Stubbs, via shipspotting.com    		 Dave Wright
    YG-21 308k F/V Harvestor, ex-YG-21, moored along Lake Washington Ship Canal, 28 July 2012.
    Photo by Kyle Stubbs, via shipspotting.com    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history record for YG-21 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 22 March 2018