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YRBM
Repair Berthing and Messing Barge
(Non Self-propelled)

YRBM-5 on the building ways at Marinette Marine Corp.
  • Laid down, 15 July 1959, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 4 May 1960
  • Delivered, 26 May 1960
  • Sold for reuse, 13 August 2001
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 236 t.(lt), 310 t.(fl)
  • Length 112'
  • Breadth 36'
  • Draft 4'
  • Accommodations: 10 Officer, 90 Enlisted
  • Source
  • Photo from Bowling Green University Historical Collection of the Great Lakes
  • Submitted by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    • YRBM-6 in service, date and location unknown.
  • Laid down, 1 August 1959, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 11 May 1960
  • Delivered, 26 May 1960
  • Sold for reuse, 13 August 2001
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 236 t.(lt), 310 t.(fl)
  • Length 112'
  • Breadth 36'
  • Draft 4'
  • Accommodations: 10 Officer, 90 Enlisted
  • Source
  • Photo from Bowling Green University Historical Collection of the Great Lakes
  • Submitted by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    • YRBM-16 ex-YFNB-21 moored at Nha Be RVN, November 1971 after transfer to South Vietnam in October 1971, redesignated HQ9612
  • Source
  • Photo ©Richard Leonhardt
    • YRBM-17 ex-YFNB-24
    YRBM-27 in service, date unknown. Note the stern of USS Newport (LST-1179) visible to the right and across the pier from YRBM-27
  • Laid down, 16 April 1969, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 1 October 1970
  • Delivered, 25 May 1971
  • Active in service
  • Custodian, CINCLANTFLT Berthing & Messing Barges, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 498 t.(lt), 585 t.(fl)
  • Length 146'
  • Breadth 46'
  • Draft 4'
  • Accommodations: 28 Officer, 231 Enlisted
  • Source
  • Photo from Bowling Green University Historical Collection of the Great Lakes
  • Submitted by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    • YRBM-31, date and location unknown.
  • Laid down, 13 November 1979, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 23 August 1980
  • Delivered, 10 February 1981
  • Active, in service
  • Custodian COMPACFLT Berthing & Messing Program, Pearl Harbor, HI
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 603 t.(lt), 688 t.(fl)
  • Length 146'
  • Breadth 46'
    Draft 4'
  • Source
  • Photo from Bowling Green University Historical Collection of the Great Lakes
  • Submitted by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    • YRBM-35 pierside, date and location unknown.
  • Laid down, 26 January 1981, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 11 September 1981
  • Delivered, 10 November 1981
  • Active, in service
  • Custodian, CINCLANTFLT Berthing & Messing Barges, Portsmouth, VA
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 603 t.(lt), 688 t.(fl)
  • Length 146'
  • Breadth 46'
    Draft 4'
  • Source
  • Photo from Bowling Green University Historical Collection of the Great Lakes
  • Submitted by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    • YRBM-36 on the building ways at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.
  • Laid down, 26 January 1981, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 11 September 1981
  • Delivered, 10 November 1981
  • Active in service, NAB Little Creek, VA.
  • Custodian, CINCLANTFLT Berthing & Messing Barges, Portsmouth, VA
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 603 t.(lt), 688 t.(fl)
  • Length 146'
  • Breadth 46'
  • Draft 4'
  • Source
  • Photo from Bowling Green University Historical Collection of the Great Lakes
  • Submitted by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    • YRBM-37 and YRBM-36 under tow by the tug Stella Moran, date and location unknown
  • Laid down, 6 April 1981 1981, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 30 October 1981
  • Delivered, 23 June 1982
  • Active in service
  • Custodian COMPACFLT Berthing & Messing Program, Pearl Harbor, HI
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 603 t.(lt), 688 t.(fl)
  • Length 146'
  • Breadth 46'
  • Draft 4'
  • Source
  • Photo from Bowling Green University Historical Collection of the Great Lakes
  • Submitted by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    • YRBM-39 moored Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown
  • Laid down, 27 July 1981, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 5 April 1982
  • Delivered, 1 August 1982
  • Active in service
  • Custodian COMPACFLT Berthing & Messing Program, Pearl Harbor, HI
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 603 t.(lt), 694 t.(fl)
  • Length 146'
  • Breadth 46'
  • Draft 4'
  • Accommodations: 26 Officer, 231 Enlisted
  • Source
  • Photo submitted by Scot Odell
    • YRBM-42 moored at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., date unknown
  • Laid down, 14 July 1982, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 15 March 1983
  • Delivered, 30 June 1983
  • Active in service
  • Custodian, CINCLANTFLT Berthing & Messing Barges, Portsmouth, VA
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 603 t.(lt), 694 t.(fl)
  • Length 146'
  • Breadth 46'
  • Draft 4'
  • Accommodations: 26 Officer, 231 Enlisted
  • Source
  • Photo submitted by Scot Odell
    • YRBM-45 moored at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., date unknown
  • Laid down, 28 January 1982, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette WI.
  • Launched, 28 August 1982
  • Delivered, 3 November 1982
    Active in service
  • Custodian, CINCLANTFLT Berthing & Messing Barges, Portsmouth, VA
  • Specifications
  • Displacement 603 t.(lt), 694 t.(fl)
  • Length 146'
  • Breadth 46'
  • Draft 4'
  • Accommodations: 26 Officer, 231 Enlisted
  • Source
  • Photo submitted by Scot Odell
    • YRBM-47 ex YFNB-42
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