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YO-4
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 Oil Barge No. 4 (1912-1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal
Bottom Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YO-2 Class Fuel Oil Barge:
  • Built by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to Navy as Oil Barge No. 4, 1912
  • Designated YO-4, 17 July 1920
  • Spent entire career assigned to Puget Sound Navy Yard
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, October 1946
  • Registered to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, WA, as tank barge Foss 92 (ON 254379), 1947
  • Final Disposition, scrapped 1970
    Specifications:
    Hull steel, flush deck house
    Displacement 324 tons displacement
    Length 161' 0"
    Beam 25' 1"
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity 6,183 barrels
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion none
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    Wapello
    141200401    		 301k YO-4 moored at Puget Sound Navy Yard during the 1930s. Open lighter YC-682 is moored alongside, with probably Pyro (AE-1) moored in the background. Kyle Stubbs
    There is no DANFS history record for YO-4 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 15 January 2026