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YG-29


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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


YG-22 Class Steel-hulled Garbage Lighter (Self-propelled):
  • Built by DeKom Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, NY
  • Laid down, 14 December 1942
  • Launched, 23 July 1943
  • Completed and delivered, 07 August 1943
  • Placed in service at New York Navy Yard as YG-29, October 1943
  • Assigned to Tenth Naval District, operating at Guantanamo Bay, St. Thomas and Trinidad, December 1943 - September 1944
  • Assigned to Eleventh Naval District at San Diego, September 1944 - May 1947
  • Placed out of service in reserve, May 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register and sold, 01 July 1972
  • Registered to Everingham Bros. Bait Co., San Diego, CA as fishing vessel (live bait catcher) Rival (ON 550412), 1974
  • Active out of San Diego, 2017
    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

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    YG-29
    YG-29 95k YG-29, date and location unknown. Photo from Ted Stone Collection George Schneider
    Merchant Service
    YG-29 161k Rival, ex-YG-29, moored at San Diego, 20 March 1975. This early in her civilian career her naval origins are readily apparent.
    Photo copyright George Schneider.
    George Schneider
    YG-29 161k Rival, ex-YG-29, moored at San Diego, 06 July 1981. Ranger (CV-61)is visible in the background.
    Photo copyright George Schneider.
    George Schneider
    YG-29 172k Rival, ex-YG-29, moored at San Diego, 16 October 1985.
    Photo copyright George Schneider.
    George Schneider
    YG-29 319k Rival, ex-YG-29, moored at San Diego, 06 August 2011. Unlike most of the YGs converted to fishing vessels, she is little changed from her Navy days.
    Photo copyright Kyle Stubbs, via shipspotting.com
    Dave Wright
    YG-29 167k Two views of Rival, ex-YG-29, at San Diego, 21 May 2014.
    Photo copyright George Schneider.
    George Schneider
    YG-29 172k
    YG-29 130k Two views of Rival, ex-YG-29, at San Diego, 30 October 2015.
    Photo copyright George Schneider.
    George Schneider
    YG-29 149k

    There is no DANFS history record for YG-29 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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    Last Updated 11 February 2018