YOG–42

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.

USS YOG-42
USS YOG-42 in May 1943
History
Owner: United States Navy
Operator: United States Navy
Builder: Concrete Ship Constructors, National City, California
Yard number: 5
Laid down: December 6, 1942
Launched: March 23, 1943
Acquired: May 23, 1943
Out of service: 1949
Identification: YOG-42, YOGN-42
Fate: Beached on Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, 1949–1950
General characteristics
Class and type: Non-self-propelled Maritime Commission type (B7-A2) barge hull (MC 638)
Type: Tanker
Displacement: 5,410 t.(lt) 6,600 t.(fl)
Length: 375 feet (114 m)
Beam: 56 feet (17 m)
Draft: 26.6 feet (8.1 m)
Propulsion: None
Crew: Approximately 22
Notes: Armament four Oerlikon 20 mm cannon as built

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

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]

Service in World War II

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.

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

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]


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


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