| USS YAG-3 | |
|---|---|
| Career (United States Navy) |   |
| Name: | YAG-3 |
| Builder: | Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd., Hong Kong |
| Yard number: | 629 |
| Launched: | 1926 |
| Sponsored by: | North Negros Sugar Company Ltd. |
| Acquired: | acquired by the U.S. Navy, 25 June 1941 |
| Struck: | 22 February 1943 |
| Honours and awards: | |
| Fate: | sunk, March 1942-May 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 221 gross register tons[1] |
| Length: | 120.0 ft (36.6 m) o/a[1] |
| Beam: | 24.1 ft (7.3 m)[1] |
| Draught: | 8.5 ft (2.6 m)[1] |
| Installed power: | 160 bhp[1] |
| Propulsion: | one Atlas 4-cylinder diesel[1] |
The USS YAG-3 was a miscellaneous auxiliary service craft of the United States Navy that served during World War II.
History[]
She was built by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd. in Hong Kong for the benefit of the North Negros Sugar Company Ltd. in Manapla, Iloilo, Philippines.[1][2] She was steel-hulled.[1] She was launched in 1926 as the MV Paz II.[1][2] On 25 June 1941, the United States Navy purchased her from the North Negros Sugar Company and designated her as a Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft (YAG).[2] She was assigned to the Cavite Navy Yard, 16th Naval District.[2] On 25 October 1941, she began a conversion to a minesweeper which was expected to be completed by 15 December 1941.[2] Although some sources indicate that she was attacked and destroyed by enemy aircraft during the Japanese attack on Cavite Navy Yard on 10 December 1941,[2] 16th Fleet records refer to a USS Paz II that was still active in March 1942 and it is believed that she was sunk sometime during or before the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942.[1] She was struck from the Naval List on 22 February 1943.[1][2]
She was awarded one battle star.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L.. "Service Ship Photo Archive YAG-3". http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/2003.htm. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Roberts, Stephen S. (November 15, 2008). "Small YAG's acquired July-December 1941". http://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/YAG/YAG02.html. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
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