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YW-14
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Water Barge No. 14 (1906-1920)


Steel-hulled combination ash / coal / water lighter:
  • Built by Pusey & Jones Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, DE (YN 320)
  • Authorized, date unknown
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered and designated Water Barge No. 14, 1905
  • Designated YW-14, 17 July 1920
  • YW-14 spent her career operating at Guantanamo Bay
  • Survey approved, 14 May 1926
  • Final disposition, scuttled off Cuban coast
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 80' 0"
    Beam 30' 0"
    Draft 2' 9"
    Cargo Capacity
    Ashes: 7500 cubic feet
    Coal: 5000 cubic feet (119 gross tons)
    Water: 3600 cubic feet (100 gross tons)
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    steam, two 50hp compound engines (5.5", 13" x 18")
    twin screw
    single Scotch boiler
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    YW-14 66k Water Barge No. 14 as completed, 1905
    Photo from Pusey & Jones Corporation Collection, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE.
    Dave Wright
    YW-14 103k Detail view of Water Barge No. 14's pilot house as completed, 1905
    Photo from Pusey & Jones Corporation Collection, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE.
    Dave Wright
    YW-14 103k Deck plan and inboard profile of Water Barge No. 14
    From Marine Engineering, April 1906
    Dave Wright

    There is no DANFS history record for Water Barge No. 14 / YW-14 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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