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YW-23
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 Water Barge No. 23 (1915-1920)

Steel-Hulled Water Barge:
  • Built by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
  • Authorized, date unknown
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, unknown
  • Completed as Water Barge No. 23, 12 February 1915
  • Redesignated YW-23, 17 July 1920
  • Assigned to Thirteenth Naval District at Bremerton, 1915 - ???
  • Transferred to Fourteenth Naval District at Pearl Harbor, circa 1941
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, January 1948
  • Final Disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 161' 0"
    Beam 25' 0"
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cargo Capacity
    Water 255,250 gallons
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion none
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