USS YO-120
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+ | |image=YO-74.jpg | ||
+ | |caption=YO-74, a similar YO-65 class Fuel Oil Barge | ||
+ | |name=YO-120 | ||
+ | |builder=[[Albina Engine and Machinery Works]], Portland, OR | ||
+ | |laid down= | ||
+ | |launched= | ||
+ | |sponsor= | ||
+ | |commissioned=June 1943 | ||
+ | |decommissioned= | ||
+ | |struck= | ||
+ | |reinstated= | ||
+ | |renamed= | ||
+ | |honors= | ||
+ | |fate=Sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, 27 September 1974, for $40,542.00 | ||
+ | |status= | ||
+ | |class=YO-65 | ||
+ | |type=Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled) | ||
+ | |displacement=440 t.(lt), 1390 t.(fl) | ||
+ | |length=174 ft | ||
+ | |beam=33 ft | ||
+ | |draft=13 ft (max) | ||
+ | |propulsion=diesel engine, single shaft | ||
+ | |speed= | ||
+ | |range= | ||
+ | |complement=1 officer, 20 enlisted | ||
+ | |sensors= | ||
+ | |EW= | ||
+ | |armament=none | ||
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+ | |aircraft facilities= | ||
+ | |notes= | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | '''USS ''YO-120''''' was a '''YO-65 class''' Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled), aka "Yard Oiler", assigned to the United States Navy's Service Force Pacific Fleet during World War II. | ||
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+ | The ''YO-120'' was laid down in [[1942]] at the [[Albina Engine and Machinery Works]], Portland, Oregon. She was launched [[December 30]]. | ||
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+ | ==Known Crew== | ||
+ | *Lieutenant Okerstrom, Captain | ||
+ | *Chief Machinist's Mate F. E. McGuire (member of the ''YO-120's'' nucleus crew) | ||
+ | *Second Class Machinist's Mate [[Carl LeRoy Wilhelm|C. L. Wilhelm]] (member of the ''YO-120's'' nucleus crew, promoted to First Class Machinist Mate while serving on the ''YO-120'') | ||
+ | *Mel Haas (member of the ''YO-120's'' nucleus crew) | ||
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+ | ==External links== | ||
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+ | *[http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/12120.htm Technical and historical information about USS ''YO-120''] from www.navsource.org | ||
+ | *[http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/372808 ''YO-120'' Info on miramarshipindex.org.nz] | ||
+ | *[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/albina.htm List of ships built at Albina Engine and Machinery Works] | ||
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+ | {{CLW Navy Career}} | ||
[[Category:Ships|YO-120]] | [[Category:Ships|YO-120]] |