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USS YOG-42
USS YOG-42 in May 1943
History
OwnerUnited States Navy
OperatorUnited States Navy
BuilderConcrete Ship Constructors, National City, California
Yard number5
Laid downDecember 6, 1942
LaunchedMarch 23, 1943
AcquiredMay 23, 1943
Out of service1949
IdentificationYOG-42, YOGN-42
FateBeached on Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, 1949-1950
StatusWrecked, out of commission
General characteristics
Class and typeNon-self propelled Maritime Commission type (B7-A2) barge hull (MC 638)
TypeTanker
Displacement5,410 t.(lt) 6,600 t.(fl)
Length375 feet (114 m)
Beam56 feet (17 m)
Draft26.6 feet (8.1 m)
PropulsionNone
CrewApproximately 22
NotesArmament four Oerlikon 20 mm cannon as built

USS YOG-42 was built by Concrete Ship Constructors, in National City, California as Concrete No. 5[1] a non-self propelled, Maritime Commission, type B7-A2, barge- hull (MC 638).[2] She was laid down on December 6, 1942 and launched on March 23, 1943. Acquired by the United States Navy on May 23, 1943,[3] USS YOG-42 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.[4]

USS YOG-42 in May 1943. Note her deep draft, for gasoline stowage.

Tug USS Navajo (AT-64), towing gasoline barge YOG-42, was sunk by Japanese submarine I-39, 150 miles east of Espiritu Santo on September 12, 1943. YOG-42 was undamaged and recovered by USS Sioux (AT-75). On December 31, 1943, USS Dixie (AD-14) reported 22 men assigned to YOG-42. [5] YOG-42 survived the Pacific War and continued to supply gasoline throughout the conflict.

Re-designated YOGN-42 in May 1946, she was struck from the Naval Register on August 15, 1949. Sometime the next year, she was intentionally beached on the north coast of Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, where she can be seen to this day.[6] The United States Navy has recommended the wreck of YOGN-42 for protected status in the National Register of Historic Places for cultural preservation as a Lanai tourist attraction.[7]

USS YOGN-42 in 2006, wrecked on Lanai Beach.


References

  1. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=8oc-AQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA165&ots=SzzJh2NXbo&dq=yog-42&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q=yog-42&f=false
  2. ^ http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/13042.htm
  3. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=8oc-AQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA165&ots=SzzJh2NXbo&dq=yog-42&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q=yog-42&f=false
  4. ^ http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/13042.htm
  5. ^ https://www.fold3.com/image/310601407
  6. ^ https://www.hawaiimagazine.com/content/story-lanais-fascinating-shipwreck-beach
  7. ^ https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/underwater-archaeology/PDF/UA_ResourcesMgt.pdf pages 368, 373-374



20°55′16.4706″N 156°54′36.3492″W / 20.921241833°N 156.910097000°W / 20.921241833; -156.910097000



Category:1943 ships Category:Tankers of the United States Navy Category:Ships built in National City, California Category:Tankers of the United States Category:Maritime incidents in 1943 Category:Maritime incidents in 1949 Category:Shipwrecks of Hawaii (state)

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