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U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX YCK YF YFD YHB YMS YO YR YT YTB

11)YO 138 FUEL OIL BARGE



Specifications:


Displacement 330 tons


Length 140' 6"


Beam 27' 6"


Draft unknown


Complement 12


Propulsion. One Diesel engine single propeller 250 shp.


Armament unknown


YO 138 was indefatigable in carrying fuel oil for Naval bases at Natal and Salvador, Bahia. In this hauling work this barge was a Godsend. The craft was originally the Brazilian Aurora and was out of service in Rio since the war outset.


 

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