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-4 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge
Laid down, 24 March 1943
Delivered and placed in service, date and location unknown
Struck from the Naval Register to be sold, 1 June 1980
Maintenance Category X
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Displacement 80 t.(lt), 300 t.(fl); Length 94'; Breadth 34'; Draft 7' (max.)
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YSR-6 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge. (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.
Laid down, 25 August 1943, at Bushnell-Lyons Shipyard, Tampa, FL.
Launched, 1 November 1943
Delivered and placed in service, 1 February 1944,
Assigned to Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1995
Displacement 80 t.(lt), 300 t.(fl); Length 94'; Breadth 34'; Draft 7' (max.)
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YSR-7 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge
YSR-7 outboard of USS William M Wood (DD-715) at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 27 May 1964. USS William M. Wood was undergoing FRAM I (Fleet Rehabilitation And Modernization). Note sonar dome on pier in background and an "extra" mast on the pier by the bow.
Philadelphia Navy Shipyard photo contributed by Ed Zajkowski
Laid down, 16 March 1942, at Philadelphia Navy Yard
Launched, 1 May 1942
Delivered and placed in service, 1 September 1942, at Philadelphia Navy Yard
Struck from the Naval Register, 7 December 1995, for Navy sale
Maintenance Category X
Final Disposition, sold, 5 February 2003, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, fate unknown
Displacement 80 t.(lt), 300 t.(fl); Length 94'; Breadth 34'; Draft 7' (max.)
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YSR-42
(ex-USS Intrepid) at Pearl Harbor, circa 1944. The ship in the background is USS Oklahoma (BB-37) shown before stripping was complete. Note that the guns of No.2 turret have already been removed, but the other remain
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