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YDT-8

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

Diving Tender:

Built by Harold Hansen Boat Works, Seattle, WA

Completed for Utopian Fisheries Co., Seward, AK, as fishing vessel Washington (ON 226611), 1927

Sold to Peter Wold, Platinum, AK, 1938

Acquired by the US Navy, 23 December 1941

Allocated to the 17th Naval District at Kodiak, Alaska

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946

Transferred to War Shipping Administration (WSA) for disposal, 17 February 1947

Sold to Harold Arentsen, Seattle, WA as Washington, 1947

Registered to Superior Packing Co., Tenakee, AK, 1952

Registered to Frank J. Karls, Seattle, WA, 1953

Registered to Donald W. Nichols, Astoria, OR, renamed Lynda Dawn, 1964

Final disposition, fate unknown (last listed in registers 1972)

Specifications:
Displacement 42 gross tons, 29 net tons
Length 57' 4" waterline, 64' overall
Beam 15' 4"
Draft 6' 9"
Speed unknown
Armament none
Complement unknown
Propulsion one Atlas-Imperial diesel engine, single shaft, 65bhp

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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