YOG–42

{{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |infobox_caption=yes  |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Yog42a-139.jpg |image_caption=USS ''YOG-42'' in May 1943 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=no |owner= United States Navy |operator= United States Navy |registry= |ordered= |builder= Concrete Ship Constructors, National City, California |original_cost= |yard_number=5 |way_number= |laid_down=6 December 1942 |launched=23 March 1943 |completed= |christened= |acquired=23 May 1943 |maiden_voyage= |in_service= |out_of_service=1949 |identification=''YOG-42'', ''YOGN-42'' |fate=Beached on Lānaʻi, Hawaiian Islands, 1949–1950 |notes= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class=Non-self-propelled Maritime Commission type (B7-A2) barge hull (MC 638) |type=Tanker |tonnage= |displacement=5,410 t.(lt) 6,600 t.(fl) |length={{convert|375|ft|m}} |beam={{convert|56|ft|m}} |height= |draft={{convert|26.6|ft|m}} |depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |power= |propulsion=None |speed= |capacity= |crew=Approximately 22 |notes=Armament four Oerlikon 20 mm cannon as built }} }} '''USS ''YOG-42''''' was a gasoline barge built by Concrete Ship Constructors, in National City, California. She was launched on 23 March 1943. Acquired by the United States Navy on 23 May 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 15 August 1949. Some time the next year, she was intentionally beached on the north coast of Lānaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands.

== Construction == thumb|upright|USS ''YOG-42'' in May 1943. The deep draft seen here is for gasoline stowage. USS ''YOG-42'' was built by Concrete Ship Constructors, in National City, California as ''Concrete No. 5''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8oc-AQAAIAAJ&q=yog-42&pg=PA165|title=The Log|date=July 1943}}</ref> a non-self-propelled, Maritime Commission, type B7-A2, barge- hull (MC 638).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/14/13042.htm|title = Yard Oiler (YOG) Photo Index|website=NavSource}}</ref> She was laid down on 6 December 1942, and launched on 23 March 1943. Acquired by the United States Navy on 23 May 1943,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8oc-AQAAIAAJ&q=yog-42&pg=PA165|title=The Log|date=July 1943}}</ref> USS ''YOG-42'' was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/14/13042.htm|title = Yard Oiler (YOG) Photo Index|website=NavSource}}</ref>

== Service in World War II == While towing ''YOG-42'', the tug {{USS|Navajo|AT-64}} was sunk by Japanese submarine ''I-39'', {{convert|150|miles}} east of Espiritu Santo on 12 September 1943. ''YOG-42'' was undamaged and was recovered by {{USS|Sioux|AT-75}}. On 31 December 1943, {{USS|Dixie|AD-14}} reported 22 men assigned to ''YOG-42''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/image/310601407|title = Page 12 WWII Navy Muster Rolls}}</ref> ''YOG-42'' survived the Pacific War and continued to supply gasoline throughout the conflict.

== Shipwreck == thumb|USS ''YOGN-42'' in 2006, wrecked on Lānaʻi Beach Re-designated ''YOGN-42'' in May 1946, she was struck from the Naval Register on 15 August 1949. Some time the next year, she was intentionally beached on the north coast of Lānaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands, where she can be seen to this day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hawaiimagazine.com/content/story-lanais-fascinating-shipwreck-beach|title = The Story of Lanai's Fascinating Shipwreck Beach|date = 2 January 2018}}</ref> 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 Lānaʻi tourist attraction.<ref>https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/underwater-archaeology/PDF/UA_ResourcesMgt.pdf pages 368, 373-374</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{navsource|14/13042|showerrs=no}} * [http://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/IX2/YO144-p.html shipscribe.com] * [https://www.fold3.com/image/310601407 Fold3:Navy Muster Rolls of ''YOG-42''] * [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/underwater-archaeology/PDF/UA_ResourcesMgt.pdf Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program]

{{DEFAULTSORT:YOG-42}} Category:Tankers of the United States Navy Category:Tankers of the United States Category:1943 ships Category:Ships built in California Category:Maritime incidents in 1949 Category:Shipwrecks of Hawaii