YO 70 seen during launching Photo. USNHC
Sister ship YO-74.Photo USNHC
Displacement fully loaded: 6,570 barrels of fuel capacity.
Dimensions: Length: 174 ft
Beam 32 ft.
Tonnage 1,400 tons.
Powerplant: 500 horsepower shaft. Built Geo. Lawley & Son, Corp. Neponset, MA, 1943.
YO 70 served under Adm. Ingram's Fourth Fleet at Recife Brazil and carried out several replenishing missions through the bases on northeastern Brazilian coast during the war.