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YRBM-2


YRBM-1 Class Repair, Berthing and Messing Barge:
  • Laid down, 1 February 1955, at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Honolulu, HI.
  • Launched, 28 March 1955
  • Delivered and placed in service, 29 November 1956
  • Towed to Mare Island Navy Yard, date unknown
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 4 April 1995
  • Final Disposition, sold, 18 May 2001, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) by exchange/sale for reuse/conversion, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 236 t.(lt) 310 t.(fl)
    Length 112'
    Beam 36'
    Draft 4'
    Accommodations
    Officers 10
    Enlisted 90
    Armament
    Machinery unknown

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    YRBM-2 Class 1366k YRBM-2, with unidentified YF alongside, form the backdrop for the 23 February 1960 commissioning of MSC-283 as RSVN Bach Dang (HQ 116) at Mare Island Darryl Baker

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