Miscellaneous Yard Craft
(YAG)
Most recent update: January 9, 2012.
No YAGs were purpose-built: all were conversions, for a variety of missions.
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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 |