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YC
Open/Covered Lighter (Non Self-propelled)
YC-66-1 at Batabano, Cuba, circa 1923, where it was used to provide housing in support of survey work conducted by Hannibal (AG-1). Two of Hannibal's steam launches are tied up astern and a pair of the ship's pulling boats are hung from the barge's davits.
US Navy photo # NH 99730, Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman, US Naval Historical Center
YC-66-2 taking on coal from other barges, circa 1923, while employed as a house boat supporting survey work by Hannibal (AG-1) in Cuban waters
US Navy photo # NH 99731, Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman, US Naval Historical Center
YC-66-3 off Cienfuegos, Cuba, circa 1923, while employed as a house boat supporting survey work by Hannibal (AG-1)
US Navy photo # NH 99732, Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of LeRoy R. Horstman, US Naval Historical Center
Built in 1902 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., as a Berthing Barge
Delivered in 1909
Transferred to the Sea Scouts in December 1929
Length 86' 2"; Breadth 29' 2", Draft 8'
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YC-96 A wood copper-sheathed coal barge
Built at Navy Yard Boston in 1904
Delivered in 1904 - Assigned to 1st Naval District
Reclassified Floating Crane (Non Self Propelled) YD-20 in 1911
Length 87''; Breadth 30'
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YC-279 in the left background as the Crane Ship Kearsarge works alongside during the re-gunning of the battleship Idaho (BB-42) at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA., circa, later 1920s.
US Navy photo # NH 43459 from the collections of the US Historical Center
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YC-288 at Boston Navy Yard with a load of ammunition, circa mid-1920s
Built in 1914, at Boston Navy Yard as Coal Barge No. 288
Sold in 1935
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YC-293 alongside Permit (SS-178) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 12 January 1943.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-40141 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives
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YC-296 (Coal Barge No. 296) under construction at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 10 October 1913.
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YC-297 (Coal Barge No. 297) under construction at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 10 October 1913.
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YC-312-1 in the background with YW-103 moored to a pier in the foreground, Mare Island, 12 January 1945
Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 252-45
YC-312-2 moored outboard of YF-509 in the distance beyond Flier (SS-250) at Mare Island Navy Yard,
Vallejo, CA., 27 April 1944.
US Navy photo # NH 98328 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center
Built in 1915 at Navy Yard Mare Island
Delivered in 1915
Reclassified Submarine Repair and Berthing Barge YRB-12, 26 August 1948
Displacement 590 t., Length 110', Breadth 34', Draft 8'
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YC-362
alongside President Hayes (AP-39) while loading partially dsassembled aircraft, probably at San Diego, CA. in the first half of 1942.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-457907, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives
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Ex-YC-380, Redesignated YFN-380, is in the background of this photo of Preston (DD-379) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 15 August 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives
Built in 1940 by Basalt Rock, Co., Vallejo, CA.
Delivered in 1940
Reclassified Covered Lighter (Non Self-propelled) YFN-380
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft 8'
Final Dispostion, fate unknown
Submitted by Scott Odell
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YC-415 as Oil Storage Barge YOS-1 at Navy Yard Mare Island, 8 November 1945.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7025-45, 11/9/45.
Built in 1918 by American Bridge Co., Pittsburgh, PA.
Redesignated YOS-1 (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Length 149' 9"; Breadth 23'
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YC-426 ex-Coal Barge No. 426 ex-Christiana (ID-2396)
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YC-442 as US Navy Concrete Barge # 442 in port, probably at the time she was inspected by the Third Naval District, 4 December 1918.
US Navy photo # NH 99345 from the US Naval Historical Center.
Built in 1918 by Louis L. Brown at Verplank, New York, as US Navy Coal Barge # 442
Renamed YC-442 17 July 1920
Struck from the Naval Register, 11 September 1923, after having been lost by sinking.
Displacement 442 t.; Length 112'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
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YC-467 alongside an unknown vessel, date and place unknown.
Built in 1918
Delivered in 1918
Reclassified Non Self-propelled Covered YFN-218 in 1930
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-516 possibly photographed when inspected as Concrete Barge # 1 by the Third Naval District, 5 April 1918. She was assigned registry ID # 2531. This barge, chartered by the Navy in September 1918, was returned to her owner, 28 October 1919. While in Naval service she was known as Coal Barge # 516.
US Navy photo # NH 102832 from the US Naval Historical Center
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YC-728 alongside an unknown vessel, date and place unknown.
Laid down, 16 May 1941, at Dravo Corp, Pittsburgh, PA.
Launched, 30 June 1941
Delivered, 1 June1942
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) by Exchange/Sale for reuse/conversion, 13 September 1995
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-755-1 bow on view while moored to a buoy at Ulithi Atoll. Used as a berthing barge for crew of Carmite (IX-152), circa 1944.
YC-755-2 broadside view while moored to a buoy at Ulithi Atoll. Used as a berthing barge for crew of Carmite (IX-152), circa 1944.
Laid down (date and place unknown)
Launched (date unknown)
Delivered (date unknown)
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Bill Welsh in honor of his father Sgt. William C. Welsh USMCR Carmita Marine Detachment |
YC-760 moored pierside, date and place unknown.
Laid down (date unknown) at J. Russell Engineering Works
Launched (date unknown)
Delivered, 2 July 1941
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register, 11 December 2000
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 25 November 2002
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-764-1 moored pierside, at Boston Naval Shipyard, date unknown
YC-764-2 is at right with US Navy Bathyscaphe Trieste 1, operating at dockside at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, MA., with a diver and crew assisting, 12 June 1963. Billfish (SS-286) is in the center distance. Photographed by Belcher, Mobile Photo Group. View was probably taken during tests supporting the investigation into the loss of Thresher (SSN-593).
US Navy photo # NH 96803 from the US Naval Historical Center.
Laid down, (date and place unknown)
Launched (date unknown)
Delivered, (date unknown)
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register, 11 December 2000
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 February 1985
YC-764-1 photo submitted by © Richard Leonhardt |
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YC-824 alongside Saugatuck (AO-75) in San Francisco Bay, circa late-1945 early-1946
Laid down, 16 July 1942 at Basalt Rock Co. Inc, Vallejo, CA.
Launched, 1 September 1942
Delivered and placed in service, 1 October 1942
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register, 9 October 1997
Reclassified as equipment, 16 July 1998
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
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YC-829 moored pierside, date and place unknown.
Laid down, 24 September 1942 at Independent Iron Works
Launched, 1 December 1942
Delivered and placed in service, 1 December 1942
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register, 9 October 1997
Disposed of by transfer to other Government Agencies, States. Schools, Sea Scouts, etc., 29 April 1998
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-832 is in the right background of this aft plan view of Searaven (SS-196) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 13 May 1943.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-46412 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives
Laid down, 5 January 1943, at Independent Iron Works
Launched, 1 November 1942
Delivered and placed in service, 1 February 1943
Placed out of service, 14 April 1998
Struck from the Naval Register, 2 October 1995
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 14 April 1998
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
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YC-833 moored pierside, date and place unknown.
Laid down, 5 January 1943, at Independent Iron Works
Launched, 1 March 1943
Delivered and placed in service, 1 March 1943
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register, 10 September 1997
Disposed of by transfer to other Government Agencies, States. Schools, Sea Scouts, etc., 8 July1998
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-881 is partially visible in the right background of this photo of Calamares (AF-18). docked at San Francisco, CA., 21 August 1943. Ganymede (AK-104) is in the left distance.
US Navy photo # NH 99762 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center
Laid down (date and place unknown)
Launched (date unknown)
Delivered and placed in service (date unknown)
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8' |
YC-882 is partially visible in the right background of this photo of Calamares (AF-18) docked at San Francisco, CA., 21 August 1943.
US Navy photo # NH 99764 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center
Laid down (date and place unknown)
Launched (date unknown)
Delivered and placed in service (date unknown)
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8' |
YC-883 is in the left center background of this photo of Calamares (AF-18) docked at San Francisco, CA., 21 August 1943.
US Navy photo # NH 99765 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center
Laid down (date and place unknown)
Launched (date unknown)
Delivered and placed in service (date unknown)
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Disposed of by transfer to th War Shipping Administration, 14 May 1947
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1085 moored pierside, date and place unknown
Laid down, 24 April 1945
Assigned to Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, CA.
In reserve out of service, October 1946
Struck from the Naval Register, 26 July 1994
Disposed of, by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) , type of disposal not known,
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1115 being used to test YD-71 after the crane was reassembled, date and place unknown
Built in 1945, Delivered in 1945
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft 8'
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 9 January 1974
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1376 moored pierside, date and place unknown
Laid down, 9 November 1951, at Burton Construction & Shipbuilding Co.
Launched, 8 December 1951
Delivered, 8 April 1952
Struck from the Naval Register, 4 April 1995
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 22 November 1999
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1432 underway while in tow with an unidentified tug, date and place unknown
Laid down, 2 November 1959, at Horne Bros. Inc.
Launched, 17 December 1959
Delivered, 12 January 1960
Active in service - Assigned to Naval Weapons Support Facility, Yorktown, VA.
Displacement 110 t.(lt) 680 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1433 underway while in tow with an unidentified tug, date and place unknown
Laid down, 20 November 1959, at Horne Bros. Inc.
Launched, 4 February 1960
Delivered, 12 February 1960
Active in service - Assigned to Commander Submarine Force, US Atlantic Fleet
Withdrawn from disposal, strike removed, reinstated in the Naval Register and placed in service, 19 February 2002
Displacement 110 t.(lt) 680 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1458 moored at the stern of Richland (AFDM-8), at Guam during the 1970s. The propellers of Ponchatoula (AO-148) are clearly visible in this photo.
Laid down, date and place unknown
Launched, date unknown
Delivered and placed in service, date unknown
Final Disposition, disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 February 1985
Displacement 144 t.(lt) 694 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 32'; Draft 8'
US Navy photo US Navy photo # NH 99063 |
YC-1469 moored to an unidentified ship, date and place unknown
Laid down, 20 September 1966, at Hydraulic Supply
Launched, 23 January 1967
Delivered, 25 January 1967
Active in service - Assigned to Commander Naval Region Northwest
Displacement 144 t.(lt) 694 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 32'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1473 moored pierside, date and place unknown
Laid down, 1 March 1967, at Hydraulic Supply
Launched, 4 April 1967
Delivered, 5 April 1967
Active in service - Assigned to Naval Station San Diego, CA.
Displacement 144 t.(lt) 694 t.(fl), Length 110', Breadth 32', Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1500 moored alongside and unidentified aircraft carrier, date and place unknown
Laid down, 12 August 1968, at Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, PA., as Covered Lighter (Non Self-propelled) YFN-1244
Launched, 20 November 1968
Delivered, 27 December 1968
Struck from the Naval Register, 16 February 2002
Sold through the General Services Administration (GSA) for reuse, 16 August 2002
Displacement 160 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1596, date and place unknown
Built by Moss Point Marine Inc., Escatawpa, MS. in 1985
Delivered, 1 April 1987
Active in service - Assigned to Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit, Charleston, S.C.
Displacement 120 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 32'; Draft 10'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1605 moored at San Diego, CA. (date unknown)
Built by American Pipe, LA., as Non Self-propelled Covered Lighter YFN-659
Laid down, 18 August 1944
Launched, 7 October 1944
Delivered, 10 October 1944
Active in service - Assigned to Submarine Squadron 11, San Diego, CA.,
Redesignated Non Self-propelled Open Lighter YC-1605 date unknown,
Struck 15 November 2005
To be disposed of by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) by Exchange/Sale for reuse/conversion, 15 November 2005
Displacement 160 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl), Length 110', Breadth 35', Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1606 moored at San Diego (date unknown)
Laid down, 27 March 1945, at American Pipe, LA., as Non Self-propelled Covered Lighter YFN-955
Launched, 5 May 1945
Delivered, 8 May1945
Redesignated Non Self=propelled Open Lighter YC-1606 date unknown
Struck 15 November 2005
To be disposed of by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) by Exchange/Sale for reuse/conversion, 15 November 2005
Displacement 160 t.(lt) 590 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 35'; Draft 8'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1648, date and place unknown
Laid down in 1993 at Orange Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
Delivered 1 November 1994
Active in service - Assigned to Naval Support Activity, New Orleans, LA.
Displacement 115 t.(lt) 659 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 32'; Draft 7'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
YC-1665 under tow with an LSM, date and place unknown
Laid down in 1993 at Orange Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
Delivered 1 May 1995
Active in service - Assigned to Commander Naval Region Northwest
Displacement 115 t.(lt) 659 t.(fl); Length 110'; Breadth 32'; Draft 7'
Submitted by Scott Odell |
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