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YRB-34
ex
 YR-68 (1944 - 2001)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YR-26 Class Floating Workshop:
  • Built by Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding, Stockton, CA
  • Laid down, 10 March 1944
  • Launched, 23 July 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service as Floating Workshop YR-68, 10 November 1944
  • Towed from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor by ATR-16, 26 November - 09 December 1944
  • Towed from Pearl to Eniwetok by ATR-52, 04-21 January 1945
  • Stationed at Ulithi January-May 1945
  • Towed from Ulithi to Leyte by ATA-190, 26 May - 01 June 1945
  • Towed from Leyte to Hong Kong by Tolowa (ATF-116), 20-27 October 1945
  • Redesignated Repair and Berthing Barge YRB-34, 2001
  • Current Disposition, active in service at Naval Station San Diego, CA
    Specifications:
    Displacement 530 tons (lt) 760 tons (fl)
    Length 153'
    Beam 36'
    Draft 6'
    Accommodations
    Officers 1
    Enlisted 40
    Machinery unknown
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    YR-68
    YRB-34 81k YR-68 moored at Naval Station San Diego, CA, 1952.
    US Navy photo from Ships’ Data U.S. Naval Vessels 1952.    		 Jim Swank
    YRB-34 236k YR-68 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-34
    YRB-34 59k YRB-34 moored at Naval Station San Diego, CA, 2009. Photo by Bob Gregory
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