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YR-61

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YR-44 Class Floating Workshop:
  • Built by DeKom Shipbuilding Corp., Brooklyn, NY
  • Laid down, 23 November 1943
  • Launched, 28 July 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service, 01 November 1944
  • Towed by ATA-121 with APL-2 and YTL-550 from Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok, 04-22 July 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 April 1970
  • Sold at Pearl Harbor, June 1971
  • Final Disposition, noted in service as an undocumented barge on Willamette river, Oregon, September 2024
    Specifications:
    Displacement 530 tons (lt) 760 tons(fl)
    Length 150'
    Beam 36'
    Draft 6'
    Accommodations 1 Officer, 40 Enlisted
    Machinery unknown
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    YR-61
    14336101    		 303k Hulk of YR-61 in use as a spud barge moored on Willamette River at Rainier, Oregon, 20 September 2024.
    Photo copyright Kyle Stubbs    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history for YR-61 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 13 October 2024