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Admiral Glass (YFB-2)

  • Built as the wooden-hull ferryboat Admiral Glass at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 26 July 1916
  • Placed in service as Admiral Glass, 22 August 1916
  • Designated Yard Ferryboat (YFB-2), 17 July 1920
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1926
  • Sold, 27 May 1927, to Mr. George A. Moffitt of Oakland, CA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 87 t.
    Length 85'
    Beam 19' 6"
    Draft 2' 7"
    Speed 9 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion unknown
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    Admiral Glass 52k Admiral Glass (YFB-2) underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. Admiral Glass is most likely enroute between Mare Island and Goat Island (now Yerba Buena Island) in San Francisco Bay.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.    		 Darryl Baker
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