page_title: YOG–42
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: YOG–42 / Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Probably shown in commission in late May 1943. Her massive draft is fully evident in this view.
context_page_description: USS YOG-42 was a gasoline barge built by Concrete Ship Constructors, in National City, California. She was launched on March 23, 1943. Acquired by the United States Navy on May 23, 1943. She was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, and survived the war. 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.
context_section_description: USS YOG-42 was built by Concrete Ship Constructors, in National City, California as Concrete No. 5 a non-self propelled, Maritime Commission, type B7-A2, barge- hull (MC 638). She was laid down on December 6, 1942 and launched on March 23, 1943. Acquired by the United States Navy on May 23, 1943, USS YOG-42 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
caption: USS YOG-42 in May 1943. Note her deep draft, for gasoline stowage.
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