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Yahara
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, (date unknown), as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract, at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, NJ;
Launched, 30 July 1944;
Commissioned USS Yahara (AOG-37), 26 September 1944;
Decommissioned in May 1946, at New Orleans, LA.;
Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet;
Final Disposition, fate unknown.
( See photo below )
Specifications:
Displacement 846 t.(lt) 2,270 t.(fl);
Length 220' 6";
Beam 37';
Draft 17';
Speed 10kts;
Complement 62;
Armament, one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm guns, three single 20mm gun mounts;
Cargo DWT 1,228;
Propulsion, diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp.
There is no DANFS History currently available for Yahara (AOG-37) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site,
the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Ship Report for "YAHARA"
Subsequent History:
1947 EL CARIBE - 1957 CHRYSANTHI P. -
1961 PETRO-BOURG - 1967 AGHIA TRIAS
Disposal Data:
Scrapped 1974.
History :
USS Yahara (AOG-37) at anchor off Okinawa, date unknown.
Note dented starboard bow which resulted from a collision with USS Beale (DD-471).
"El Caribe", ex. "Yahara".
Custody & Disposal CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships
of Yahara
Back of Card 1 No Image
No Disposal CARDS
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