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Miscellaneous Yard Craft

(YAG)

No YAGs were purpose-built: all were conversions, for a variety of missions.

Builder Location Previous Names LOA Tons Built Acquired Notes
YAG-1 Pacific American Bellingham WA Catherine D 243 2,224 1919 1941 later Tatoosh, scuttled 1945
YAG-2 South China SB Hong Kong Hoi Kong/Robert O 128 288 1931 1941 lost at Cavite 10-Dec-41
YAG-3 HK & Whampoa DD Hong Kong Paz II 120 221 1926 1941 lost at Cavite 10-Dec-41
YAG-4 HK & Whampoa DD Hong Kong Manapla 125 248 1931 1941 lost at Cavite 10-Dec-41
YAG-5 J. F. James & Son Essex MA Radio 97 132 1924 1941 ex-AGb-1, sold 1946, foundered 1950
YAG-6 Geo. S. Lawley Neponset MA Enchantress 136 191 1911 1941 ex-AGb-2, sold 1946
YAG-7 Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen DK vedette/Baltimore 158 458 1924 1941 sold 1946 as Susan J. Hamilton, Insco Trader 1948, foundered off Barranquilla 1954
YAG-8 Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point MD Wilton 245 3,000 1923 1941 reclassified Manhasset (AG-47) 1942, WIX-276 1943, sold 1946
YAG-9 Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point MD Cornish 233 3,000 1923 1941 reclassified Muskeget (AG-48) 1942, WAG-48 1942, torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic 9-Sep-42
YAG-11 Long Beach SB Long Beach CA Casco/Kailua/Western Trader 120 328 1920 1942 later Baranof, sold 1948 as Western Trader, scrapped 1970
YAG-12 Portland SB Portland ME Electronic/North Haven 109 210 1913 1942 returned to owner 1945 as North Haven, Manhattan 1947, scrapped 1968
YAG-13 Delaware River IW Chester PA Idalia/Malay II/Palace 163 195 1899 1942 ex-PYc-33, sunk as target 1944
YAG-14 Geo. S. Lawley South Boston MA Calumet/Ketoh/Dixie/Tourist 123 168 1903 1942 ex-PYc-32, sold 1945 as Tourist, scrapped 1952
YAG-15 Germania Werft Kiel, Germany Kallista/Fisherman II 156 445 1921 1942 later Mindoro, to MARAD 1946
YAG-16 Germania Werft Kiel, Germany Icaros 80 87 1887 1942 acquired 1942, sold 1944
YAG-17 International SB Pascagoula MS City of Vicksburg/Marsala 284 2,422 1919 1942 acquired 1942, wrecked in the James River 1944
YAG-18 Neafie & Levy Philadelphia PA Relief 128 242 1891 1942 sold 1947
YAG-19 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ Lanakilai/Ellenar 94 40 1930 1942 sold 1946
YAG-20 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ Minoco/Idyl 98 165 1930 1941 ex-YHB-15, sold 1945
YAG-21 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ Memory/West Wind/Lela 92 90 1929 1941 ex-YHB-17, wrecked off Key West 1945
YAG-22 Oakland CA Oakland 99 225 1923 1942 later YF-568 1943, returned 1946
YAG-23 GHH Walsum, Germany Ensenada 132 417 1936 1942 sold 1946 as Philippine Trader, Agno 1950, Magallames 1954, scrapped 1987
YAG-24 Fullerton & Co. Paisley, Scotland Awahou 146 410 1912 1942 returned 1944
YAG-25 Seebeck Werft Geestemunde, Germany Favorita Dona Catalina/Marie Kothe/Mars/Marion Sleigh/Port Whangarei 158 500 1906 1942 sold 1944 as Holmburn, Jacques del Mar, wrecked 1954
YAG-26 G. T. Nicol Auckland, New Zealand Taupata 118 268 1930 1942 returned 1944, sold 1949
YAG-27 G. T. Nicol Auckland, New Zealand Kohi 110 93 1942 returned 1944
YAG-28 Samana 96 100 1940 1942 sold 1946
YAG-29 Globe IW Cleveland OH Algonquin 204 1,181 1898 1943 to USCG as CG-4, sold 1931, reacquired 1943, scrapped 1946
YAG-30 John Wilson SB Seattle WA V. P. Handy 83 105 1915 1943 sold 1946
YAG-31 Nilson & Velez Seattle WA Comet/Dorothea 94 116 1910 1943 returned 1943
YAG-32 Johnson Foundry New York NY Azalea/Christiana 145 516 1892 1943 ex-IX-82, sold 1946
YAG-33 Duthie & Co. Seattle WA Unimak 100 146 1912 1944 ex-USAFS Major J. R. Wessely (FS-80), sold 1946
YAG-34 Gunderson SY Portland OR Hiyu 150 498 1924 1943 sold 1947
YAG-35 Seattle SB & DD Seattle WA Col. William A. Glassford 154 602 1944 1947 ex-Nashawena (AG-142), sold 1960 as Omega
YAG-36 Delta SB New Orleans LA Floyd W. Spencer 441 4,023 1944 1953 scrapped 1960
YAG-37 Permanente No. 2 Richmond CA John L. Sullivan 441 4,023 1943 1953 scrapped 1958
YAG-38 New England SB Portland ME Edward Kavanaugh 441 4,023 1943 1953 scrapped 1960
YAG-39 Permanente No. 2 Richmond CA George Eastman 441 4,023 1942 1953 scrapped 1977
YAG-40 Jones Construction Panama City FL Granville S. Hall 441 4,023 1943 1953 scrapped 1972
YAG-41 Jones Construction Panama City FL James Squires 441 4,023 1945 1954 later Guardian (YAGR-1) 1958, scrapped 1971
YAG-42 Jones Construction Panama City FL Claude B. Kitchen 441 4,023 1945 1955 later Lookout (YAGR-2) 1958, scrapped 1970
YAG-43 Jones Construction Panama City FL Raphael R. Rivera 441 4,023 1943 1955 later Skywatcher (YAGR-3) 1958, scrapped 1971
YAG-44 Jones Construction Panama City FL James W. Wheeler 441 4,023 1943 1955 later Searcher (YAGR-4) 1958, scrapped 1970
YAG-56 New York SB Camden NJ Garden State Mariner 563 18,000 1953 1956 later Compass Island (EAG-153), scrapped 2003
YAG-57 New York SB Camden NJ Empire State Mariner 563 18,000 1953 1957 later Observation Island (EAG-154), T-AGM-23
YAG-60 Lake Washington SY Seattle WA Butternut 162 560 1941 1969 ex-YN-4, AN-9, ANL-9, sunk as target 1977
YAG-61 Monob One 1970 ex-YW-87, IX-309, to Mexico 1996
YAG-62 Halter Marine New Orleans LA Deer Island 120 172 1966 1983 to Mexico 1996 as Rio Hondo (A-26), Hondo (BI 06_
YAG-87 Henry B. Nevibs City Island NY Odyssey 89 92 1938 1968 ex-Saluda (IX-87), to Tacoma Sea Scouts 1974

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