YSR-1 and an oiler are in the upper right with two old "flush deck" destroyers beyond at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 29 September 1941. Relief (AH-1) is in the foreground and Orizaba (AP-24) is moored forward of Relief. Note Relief's bridge and the illuminated hospital ship recognition cross just forward of and above the spread awning (in the right center).
US National Archives photo # 19-N-26136, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
Built (steel welded construction) between 1930-32 at Navy Yard Norfolk, Portsmouth, VA.
Delivered in 1932
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 February 1980
Length 95'; Breadth 30' 7½"; Capacity 10,500 cu.ft.
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YSR-2
Built (wood construction) in 1908 at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines as Power Float # 25
Delivered and placed in service (date unknown)
Reclassified Sludge Removal Barge # 2 (date unknown)
Redesignated YSR-2, 17 July1920
Lost due to enemy action in the Philippines Islands
Struck from the Naval Register, 24 July 1942
Length 90'; Breadth 20';
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YSR-6 (Big W) bilge wheelerizing barge visible astern of Halibut (SSGN-587) being outfitted at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, in August 1958. Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600) is on the building ways inboard of Hallibut.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 45615-8-59.
Built (steel hull and superstructure) circa 1943
Delivered and placed in service (date unknown) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
Struck from the Naval Register(date unknown)
Displacement 80 t.(lt), 300 t.(fl); Length 50'; Breadth 31'; Draft 7'
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