YDG 5

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

YDG-5 Class District Degaussing Vessel (Self-propelled) Built by Ernest Wright, Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia Completed as the wood-hulled twin screw steamer in 1937 NAMBUCCA (Commercial Service) Owned by North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., Sydney Official Number: 157636 Requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy for naval service 07 November 1939 HMAS NAMBUCCA (Australian Naval Service) Commissioned as auxiliary minesweeper 10 January 1940 Transferred to the US Navy 19 April 1943 YDG-5 (Degaussing Ship) Placed in service as District Degaussing Vessel (YDG) 31 July 1943 Severely damaged in typhoon at Okinawa October 1945 Declared a total loss 30 December 1945 Placed out of Service 07 February 1946 Intentionally burned 08 February 1946 Struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1946

 

Naval Covers

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1. YDG-5 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Postmark 10638 Branch Tacloban, Philippine Islands

1945-08-08

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Other Information

YDG-5 earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

 

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