USS YAG-4
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
| {{Infobox ship begin|display title=USS YAG-4}}
{{Infobox ship image | Ship image= | Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States Navy | Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United States Navy}} {{USN flag|1947}} | Ship name= YAG-4 | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd., Hong Kong | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=1931 | Ship sponsor= North Negros Sugar Company Ltd. | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= acquired by the U.S. Navy, 25 June 1941 | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck=22 February 1943 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours=
| Ship fate= Sunk by gunfire, 12 April 1942 | Ship notes= | Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= 248 gross register tons |Ship displacement= |Ship length= {{convert|125.7|ft|m|abbr=on}} o/a |Ship beam= {{convert|24.1|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|7.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion= one Atlas 4-cylinder diesel |Ship power= 200 bhp |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship complement= |Ship sensors= |Ship armament= |Ship armour= }} |
The USS YAG-4 was a miscellaneous auxiliary service craft of the United States Navy that served during World War II.
History
She was built by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd. in Hong Kong for the benefit of the North Negros Sugar Company Ltd. in Manapla, Iloilo, Philippines.{{Cite web|first1= Gary P. |last1= Priolo|first2=David L. |last2=Wright |title=Service Ship Photo Archive YAG-4 |website=NavSource - Naval Source History|date= |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/2004.htm |accessdate=March 13, 2020}}{{Cite web|first=Stephen S.|last= Roberts |authorlink= |title= Small YAG's acquired July-December 1941 |website=shipscribe.com|date= November 15, 2008|url=http://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/YAG/YAG02.html |accessdate=March 13, 2020}} She was steel-hulled. She was launched in 1931 as the MV Manapla. On 25 June 1941, the United States Navy purchased her from the North Negros Sugar Company and designated her as a Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft (YAG). She was assigned to the Cavite Navy Yard, 16th Naval District. On 25 October 1941, she began a conversion to a minesweeper which was expected to be completed by 15 December 1941. Her conversion was interrupted by the bombing of the Cavite Navy Yard and the fall of Manila. She was assigned to the Inshore Patrol during the Battle of Bataan and on 8 April 1942, she assisted in the evacuation of soldiers from Mariveles Naval Section Base, Bataan. On 12 April 1942, she was sunk by Japanese gunfire in the South Harbor of Corregidor. She was struck from the Naval List on 22 February 1943.
She was awarded one battle star.
References
{{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:YAG-4}}
Category:Auxiliary ships of the United States Navy
Category:Ships built in Hong Kong
Category:Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company