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YW-5
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 Water Barge No. 5 (1898 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal
Steel-hulled Water Barge:
  • Built by Crescent Shipyard (Lewis Nixon), Elizabethport, NJ (YN 64)
  • Delivered as Water Barge No. 5, 1898
  • Assigned to First Naval District, 1898 - 1940
  • Foundered while being towed from NTS Newport to Navy seaplane base on Gould Island, RI, 24 January 1940
  • Final disposition, salvaged and sold, December 1943
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200 tons
    Length 144'
    Beam 23'
    Draft unknown
    Cargo Capacity
    Water 171,000 gallons

    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion none
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    YW-5
    141700502    		 120k Two views of Water Barge No. 5 moored alongside submarine L-3 at Boston Navy Yard, circa 1919.
    Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library, files 08_06_023222 and 08_06_023223    		 Dave Wright
    YW-5
    141700501    		 54k
    YW-5
    141700503    		 80k YW-5 moored at Boston Navy Yard, mid-1930s. Dave Wright
    YW-5
    141700504    		 280k YW-5 shortly after foundering. Photo from Newport Mercury, 23 February 1940. Dave Wright
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 31 May 2021