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YR-43

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Floating Workshop:
  • Built by Cramp Ship Building Co., Philadelphia PA (YN 569)
  • Laid down, 01 February 1943
  • Launched, 18 April 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service as non-self propelled Floating Workshop YR-43, 18 August 1943
  • Towed from Philadelphia to Trinidad by WSA tug Anacapa, November 1943
  • Assigned to NOB Trinidad, November 1943 - July 1944
  • Towed through Canal Zone to San Diego, July 1944
  • Grounded under tow of Army tug LT 373 on northeast point of Montague Island AK, 28 March 1945
  • 90% of equipment aboard salvaged before storm forced abandonment of hull, 24 April 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 530 tons (lt) 760 tons (fl)
    Length 150'
    Beam 36'
    Draft 6'
    Accommodations
    Officers 1
    Enlisted 46
    Machinery unknown
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    YR-43 100k Launching of the floating workshop YR-43 at Cramp's Shipyard, 18 April 1943.
    Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection    		 Mike Green
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