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YRB-36
ex
 YR-63

YR-36 Class Floating Workshop:
  • Laid down, 24 October 1944, at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 4 May 1945
  • Delivered and placed in service, 15 January 1946, as Floating Workshop YR-63 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Redesignated Repair and Berthing Barge YRB-36, date unknown
  • Current Disposition, active in service at Naval Station Apra, Guam
    Specifications:
    Displacement 530 t.(lt) 760 t.(fl)
    Length 153'
    Beam 36'
    Draft 6'
    Accommodations
    Officers 1
    Enlisted 40
    Machinery unknown
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    YRB-34 59k YRB-36 is in the background as USS Parche (SSN-683) backs out of her berth at Mare Island, 19 August 1994 with the assistance of Pushmataha (YTB-830) and Skenandoa (YTB-835)
    US Navy photo # 267741-8-94    		 Darryl Baker
    YRB-36 1612k YRB-36 moored at Naval Station San Diego, 2008. Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer, COMPACFLT N43
    YRB-36 635k YRB-36 being painted while moored at her new home, Naval Station Guam, 2011. Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer, COMPACFLT N43
    YRB-36 513k YRB-36 drydocked in ex-AFDL-21 at Cabras Marine, PACDIM facility, Guam. 26 September 2013. Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer, COMPACFLT N43
    YRB-36 380k
    YRB-36 194k
    YRB-36 33k Aerial view of YRB-36 moored Alpha Wharf, Naval Station Guam, 2015 Bob Gregory, Special Programs Officer, Requirements Supervisor, COMPACFLT N43
    There is no DANFS history available for YR-63 / YRB-36 at Navsource
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    YRB - Repair and Berthing Barge
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