William J. Yokes [SEP] conflict
William J. Yokes
William J. Yokes (1918–1942) was a United States Navy sailor who distinguished himself during World War II and was killed in action. A U.S. Navy high-speed transport was named for him.
Navy career.
William John Yokes was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, on 15 November 1918. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy at Cleveland, Ohio, on 3 January 1942.
Yokes was a seaman second class attached to the Naval Armed Guard detachment aboard the merchant ship SS "Steel Navigator"
USS Yokes (APD-69)
USS "Yokes" (APD-69), ex-DE-668, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.
Construction and commissioning.
"Yokes" was laid down as the "Buckley"-class destroyer escort USS "Yokes" (DE-668) on 22 August 1943 at Orange, Texas, by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Company and launched as such on 27 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Charlotte Yokes, widow of the ships namesake, Seaman Second Class William J. Yokes