USS ''YOG-42'' was a gasoline barge built by Concrete Ship Constructors, in National City,

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. She was launched on March 23, 1943. Acquired by the

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on May 23, 1943. She was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, and survived the

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. Re-designated ''YOGN-42'' in May 1946, she was struck from the

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on August 15, 1949. Sometime the next year, she was intentionally beached on the north coast of

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in the

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Construction

USS ''YOG-42'' was built by Concrete Ship Constructors, in National City,

as ''Concrete No. 5'' a non-self-propelled,

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, type B7-A2,

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(MC 638). She was laid down on December 6, 1942, and launched on March 23, 1943. Acquired by the

on May 23, 1943, USS ''YOG-42'' was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

Service in World War II

Tug , towing gasoline barge ''YOG-42'', was sunk by Japanese submarine ''I-39'', 150 miles east of

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on September 12, 1943. ''YOG-42'' was undamaged and recovered by . On December 31, 1943, reported 22 men assigned to ''YOG-42''. ''YOG-42'' survived the Pacific War and continued to supply gasoline throughout the conflict.

Shipwreck

Re-designated ''YOGN-42'' in May 1946, she was struck from the

on August 15, 1949. Sometime the next year, she was intentionally beached on the north coast of

in the

, where she can be seen to this day. 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.

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