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YW-30
ex Water Barge No. 30
ex Freight Lighter No. 160
ex Rin Tin Tin

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal
YW-30 Class Self-propelled Water Barge:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at William Simons Ship Building Co., Renfrew, Scotland, as the self-propelled wooden coal barge Renfrew
  • Launched in 1883
  • Purchased by the Royal Navy for WWI service, date unknown
  • Purchased by the US Navy from the Royal Navy, 19 October 1918, commissioned USS Rin Tin Tin
  • Following WWI service in France Rin Tin Tin was assigned to the 5th Naval District, Naval Station Norfolk, 13 November 1919
  • On 18 February 1920 the name Rin Tin Tin was dropped, simultaneously redesignated Freight Lighter No. 160
  • Decommissioned, 8 March 1920
  • Renamed Water Barge No. 30 and towed to New York Navy Yard, 13 April 1920, for conversion to a water barge
  • Reclassified YW-30 in the Navy's fleet-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers, 17 July 1920
  • YW-30 was towed to San Diego, 13 November 1920, for service in the Pacific Fleet, serving at San Diego, San Pedro and Mare Island Navy Yard
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 6 April 1932
  • Decommissioned, 15 April 1932, at Destroyer Base, San Diego
  • Sold, 28 June 1932, to Hillcone Steam Ship Co., San Francisco, CA,
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.
    Length 210'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 13' 8"
    Speed unknown
    Complement 10
    Armament none
    Propulsion steam-powered, 600 hp
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    YW-30 84k Rin Tin Tin in a French harbor, bringing American troops out to board a transport for their passage home, circa mid-1919.
    US Navy photo # NH 103639 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    YW-30 84k Rin Tin Tin in port, circa 1919.
    US Navy photo # NH 72847 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    YW-30 84k Rin Tin Tin in a French port, transferring troops of the US Army's 319th Engineers to Susquehanna (ID-3016), for their passage home, 15 August 1919.
    US Navy photo # NH 103640 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    YW-30 84k Rin Tin Tin alongside a transport in a French port, circa mid-1919, transferring U.S. troops for passage home.
    US Navy photo # NH 103641 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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