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YFN-1066 / YFNB-39

YFNB-2 Class Large Covered Lighter:
  • Laid down, 23 March 1945, as Non-Self-propelled Covered Lighter YFN-1066 at Missouri Bridge & Iron Works, Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 1 May 1945
  • Delivered and placed in service as YFN-1066, 1 August 1945
  • Redesignated Large Covered Lighter YFNB-39, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 July 2005
  • Final Disposition, to be disposed on by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) by exchange/sale for reuse/conversion
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1300 t.(lt) 2000 t.(fl)
    Length 261'
    Beam 48 '
    Draft 9 '
    Accommodations 10 Enlisted
    Propulsion unknown
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    YFNB-39 3999k YFNB-39 moored at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., with YD-255 astern of her, 29 August 1994.
    DVIC photo # DN-SC-95-00681, by Don S. Montgomery, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center    		 Bill Gonyo
    There is no DANFS history for YFN-1066 / YFNB-39 available at Navsource
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