MV Elizabeth

Elizabeth (formerly YOG-112) was originally a fuel oil barge, that later gained international recognition as an offshore radio station under Radio Elizabeth. She was built as a fuel oil barge in the mid-to-late-1930s for the United States Navy by Ira Bushey & Sons in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. After the war was over, the oiler boats were only used for practice targets and building artificial reefs. The Navy sold YOG-112 in 1963 and it was used as a refueling barge for cruise ships. It was sold again in 1969 to Canadian business partners Bernard Pierlot and Hugues Prévot, who had it converted into a radio ship at in, and renamed it Elizabeth.

MV Elizabeth broadcast Radio Elizabeth from 1970-1977, excluding a brief period in 1974, from international waters two miles off the coast of the Hawaiian island of. It was sold in 1977 to Mexican interests in an attempt to create the country's first offshore station from an anchorage off the coast of, but this plan fell through. It was then sold to the North Korean government and relayed state radio from international waters off the coast of until 1988 when its broadcast operations ceased and it was sunk for target practice.