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YRB-7
ex
 YFN-312 (1946/47 - 1948)
 YF-312 (1943 - 1946/47)

YRB-6 Class Repair and Berthing Barge:
  • Laid down, 11 August 1942, at Dekon Shipbuilding Corp, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Launched, 30 December 1942
  • Completed, 2 February 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service as non-self propelled Covered Lighter YF-312, date and location unknown
  • Redesignated Covered Lighter YFN-312 circa 1946-1947
  • Redesignated Repair and Berthing Barge YRB-7, 26 August 1948
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 170 t.(lt)
    Length 111'
    Beam 30'
    Draft 4'
    Accommodations
    Officers 2
    Enlisted 15
    Machinery unknown
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    150k YF-312 is in the center background of this photo at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 17 July 1945. In the foreground is USS Mingo (SS-261) with changes after refit circled.
    US Navy photo # 19-N-87825 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
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