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US Army Coastal Tanker
Y-5

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
Design 294 Harbor Tanker
  • Built by Odenbach Shipbuilding, Rochester, NY (YN 5)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Transportation Corps as Y 5, May 1943
  • Operated in Southwest Pacific, 1944 - 1945
  • Manned by US Coast Guard personnel, October 1944 - 27 December 1945
  • Turned over to Sixth Army at Nagoya, Japan, 27 December 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Converted to trawler and registered to Arctic King, Inc., Juneau, AK, renamed Arctic King (ON 292791), 1964
  • Sold to Sourdough Alaskan and renamed Sourdough Queen, 1966
  • Sold to Dillingham Foods and renamed Francisca V., 1970
  • Sold to Queen Fisheries and renamed East Point, 1971
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown (no longer active)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 630 tons
    Length 180'
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 9 kts
    Complement 23 (including gun crew of 6)
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 280,000 gallons
    Propulsion two 6-cyl Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines
    twin screws, 480shp
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    Commanding Officers
    01LT T. H. Gifford, USCGROctober 1944 - ????
    02ENS J.A. Mulcahy, USCGR???? - 04 November 1945
    03ENS O.H. Linderott, USCGR04 November 1945 - 27 December 1945

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