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YFB-41


Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Yard Ferryboat:
  • Built by Delaware River Iron & Shipbuilding Works, Chester, PA (YN 281)
  • Launched, 19 October 1895
  • Completed for Chester Freight Line, Chester, PA, as coastal freighter Riverside (ON 111098), 1895
  • Sold to Virginia & Carolina Navigation Co., Norfolk, VA, 1920
  • Sold to George W. Cole & Co., Inc,, New York, NY, 1921
  • Sold to Rock Creek Steamboat Co., Baltimore, MD, and converted to ferry, 1927
  • Sold to Chesapeake & Delaware Steamboat Co., Wilmington, DE, rebuilt as freighter with diesel engines, renamed Lillian Anne, 1928
  • Sold to R.W. & E.M. Gatewood, Wilmington, DE, 1934
  • Acquired by Navy on bareboat charter from Captain R.W. Gatewood, Norfolk, VA, December 1942
  • Placed in service as YFB-41, 06 December 1942
  • Assigned to 5th Naval District at Norfolk, 1942-1943
  • Placed out of service and delivered to WSA at Lee Hall, VA, for return to owner, 09 July 1943
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Offered for sale by Maritime Commission, December 1947
  • To Honduran flag, 1947
  • Final Disposition, deleted from registers, 1953
    Specifications:
    Displacement 330 gross tons / 224 net tons
    Length 141' 5"
    Beam 27' 1"
    Draft 10' 3"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    one 6-cylinder diesel
    single propeller, 360bhp
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    YFB-41
    1435004101    		 364k Lillian Anne moored on south side of Pier 19 North, Philadelphia, PA. Dave Boone
    YFB-41
    1435004102    		 366k Lillian Anne downbound on the Delaware River, 16 December 1937. Dave Boone
    YFB-41
    DANFS entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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