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YRB-33
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YR-73 (1945 - 2000)


YRB-33 Class Repair and Berthing Barge:
  • Built by Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging, Seattle, WA
  • Laid down, 15 August 1944
  • Launched, 03 November 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service as Floating Workshop YR-73, 09 April 1945
  • Redesignated Repair and Berthing Barge YRB-33, 03 April 2000
  • Current Disposition, active in service at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA
    Specifications:
    Displacement 530 tons (lt) 760 tons(fl)
    Length 150'
    Beam 36'
    Draft 6'
    Accommodations
    Officers 1
    Enlisted 40
    Machinery unknown

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    YR-73
    YRB-33 301k YR-73 in use as "ship's force support barge" at Mare Island, circa 1991-92. Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. Darryl Baker
    YRB-33
    YRB-33 54k YRB-33 moored at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, 2009. Photo by Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer COMPACFLT N43
    YRB-33 217k YRB-33 drydocked for regular overhaul at Vigor Shipyards, Seattle, WA, in 2011. Photos by Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer COMPACFLT N43
    YRB-33 220k
    YRB-33 240k YRB-33 moored at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, 18 October 2012. Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer COMPACFLT N43

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