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YRDH-2
ex
 YR-56 (1943)

YRDH-1 Class Floating Dry Dock Workshop (Hull):
  • Built by Asosciated Shipbuilders, Seattle, WA
  • Planned as Floating Workshop YR-56
  • Redesignated Floating Dry Dock Workshop (Hull) YRDH-2 prior to start of construction, 01 May 1943
  • Laid down, 18 August 1943
  • Launched, 12 November 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard as YRDH-2, 21 December 1943
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Pearl Harbor, HI
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 May 2005
  • Sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 20 April 2009
  • In use as HAVN spa barge in Victoria, British Columbia's inner harbour, 2023
    Specifications:
    Displacement 460 tons (lt) 750 tons (fl)
    Length 151'
    Beam 35'
    Draft 6'
    Accommodations
    Officers 1
    Enlisted 46
    Machinery unknown
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    YR-56 56k YRDH-2 in the harbor at San Diego, CA. in 1952.
    US Navy photo from Ships’ Data U.S. Naval Vessels 1952    		 Jim Swank
    YR-56 26k Ex-YRDH-2 laid up in reserve at Pearl Harbor, HI, date unknown.  
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    YR-56 30k
    YR-56 37k
    YR-56 30k
    YR-56 35k
    YR-56
    14335608    		 217k Former YRDH-2 under conversion to a spa barge at Ogden Point,Victoria, BC, 13 January 2023.
    CTV News photo    		 Andrew Tyler
    YR-56
    14335609    		 590k Ex-YRDH-2 in use as the spa barge HAVN at Ship Point, Victoria, BC, 19 June 2023.
    Photos copyright Andrew Tyler    		 Andrew Tyler
    YR-56
    14335610    		 823k
    There is no DANFS history for YR-56 / YRDH-2 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    CTV News article
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    Last Updated 02 July 2023