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Royston (YFB-44)

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Yard Ferryboat:

Built by Maryland Steel, Sparrows Point, MD (YN 129)

Launched, date unknown

Completed for Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railroad Co., Baltimore, MD as steamer Dorchester (ON 210650), October 1912

Sold to Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Co., Baltimore, MD, 1928

Sold to American Contract & Trust Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1932

Sold to Fabian P. Noel, Baltimore, MD, and renamed Robert E. Lee, 1936

Acquired by Navy on charter, 20 December 1942

Placed in service as Royston (YFB-44), 22 December 1942

Assigned to 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA, 1943

Placed out of service and transferred to War Shipping Administration, 30 April 1943

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Registered to Robert E. Lee Steamboat Corp., Washington, DC, 1946

Sold to Wills Lines, Baltimore, MD, 1949

Final Disposition, broken up by North American Smelting Corp., Bordentown, NJ, 1953

Specifications:
Displacement 612 gross tons
Length 192'
Beam 36' 2"
Draft 10' 62"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none

Propulsion

one cylinder vertical beam steam engine

sidewheels, 1000 ihp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
1435004401	69k	*Dorchester* as built, circa 1912.		Dave Wright

Royston (YFB-44)
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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