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YFRT-257
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 YF-257



Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row -American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:
  • Built by Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA
  • Laid down, 31 January 1940
  • Launched, 29 June 1940
  • Delivered and placed in service, 30 June 1940
  • Served as range tender, Alexandria, VA, during World War II
  • Reclassified YFRT-257, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 September 1973
  • Sold for scrap, June 1974
  • Registered to Nick Zapetis, Miami, FL as fishing vessel Irene Z (ON 578062), 1975
  • Reflagged Bahamanian, 1976
  • Sold to Y II Shipping Co., Bahamas, and renamed Yeocomico II (British ON 372936), 1982
  • Sold to Hope Shipping, Cook Islands, renamed Hope, 2006
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 600 tons
    Length 132' 10"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 8'
    Speed 10 knots
    Armament none
    Complement 10
    Propulsion Cooper-Bessemer diesels, twin screws, 640shp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    YF-257 58k YF-257 underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1940.
    US Navy photo    		 Norfolk Naval Shipyard
    There is no DANFS history record for YF-257 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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