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YF-68
ex-Freight Lighter No. 68
ex-Lighter Barge 08 (ID 2435)

Refrigerated Freight Lighter:

  • Acquired by the Navy in 1918 from the Carpenter-Watkins Co. of Brunswick, GA and placed in service as Lighter Barge 08 (ID 2435)
  • Renamed Freight Lighter No. 68
  • Designated YF-68 in 1920
  • Placed out of service in 1921
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Length 85'
  • Beam 30'
  • Capacity 300 t.
  • Non-self propelled.
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