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YRBM-56
Repair, Berthing and Messing Barge (NSP)
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YFNB-19
Large Covered Lighter (NSP)

YRBM-19
Repair, Berthing and Messing Barge (NSP)
YFN-740
Covered Lighter (NSP)

YF-740
Covered Lighter (NSP)


Repair Berthing and Messing Barge:
  • Built by Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding, Stockton CA
  • Laid down, 3 December 1943
  • Launched, 5 January 1945
  • Delivered and placed in service as Covered Lighter YF-740, 10 May 1945
  • Reclassified Covered Lighter YFN-740, May 1946
  • Reclasisfied Repair Berthing and Messing Barge YRBM-19, date unknown
  • Reclassified Large Covered Lighter YFNB-19, date unknown
  • Towed early September 2012 to San Diego for conversion to a Berthing & Messing Barge YRBM
  • Redesignated Berthing & Messing Barge YRBM-56, 12 February 2013
    Specifications:
    Displacement 700 t (lt) 2700 t.(fl)
    Length 261'
    Beam 48'
    Draft 10'
    Accommodations unknown
    Armament none
    Machinery unknown
    Bow reinforced for ocean towing

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    YRBM-19 577k YFNB-19 moored at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, circa 2012 Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer, COMPACFLT N43
    YRBM-19 566k
    YRBM-19 233k YFNB-19 arriving Mole Pier NAVSTA San Diego, 8 September 2012 for conversion to YRBM. Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer, COMPACFLT N43
    YRBM-56 263k YRBM-56 in an extended ROH at Naval Station San Diego, circa 2014. Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer, COMPACFLT N43
    YRBM-56 260k
    YRBM-19 88k YRBM-56 at Mole Pier San Diego undergoing conversion 01 July 2015. The addition of an 01 level and fender system are visible. Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer, COMPACFLT N43
    YRBM-19 350k Still painted up as YFNB-19, moored alongside YR-93 at Naval Station San Diego, 10 October 2015. Tommy Trampp
    YRBM-19 577k YFNB-19 outboard profile dated 4 February 2013. Bob Gregory, Dep Requirements & Special Programs Officer, COMPACFLT N43

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    Last Updated 23 October 2015