USS YAG-2

She was built in by the South China Shipbuilding and Repair Works Ltd. in Hong Kong and launched in 1931 as the Hoi Kong.^[1][2] She was steel-hulled.^[1] In 1934, she was acquired by the North Negros Sugar Company in Manapla, Philippines and renamed Robert O.^[2][1] On 19 June 1941, the United States Navy purchased her from the North Negros Sugar Company and designated her as a Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft (YAG).^[2] She was assigned to the Cavite Navy Yard, 16th Naval District.^[2] On 25 October 1941, she began a conversion to a net tender which was expected to be completed by 15 December 1941.^[2] Prior to her completion, she was attacked and destroyed by enemy aircraft during the Japanese attack on Cavite Navy Yard on 10 December 1941.^[1] She was officially listed as lost on 2 January 1942 - the date of the Japanese occupation of Manila - and struck from the Naval List on 22 February 1943.^[2] In 1942 or 1943, she was salvaged by the Japanese, renamed the Yamashiro Maru (registration 2213), and commissioned as an Imperial Japanese Army transport.^[1] Her ultimate fate is unknown.^[1]

She was awarded one battle star.^[1]