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YR-84
ex
 FMS-6

YR-84 Class Floating Workshop:
  • Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Decatur, AL (YN 397)
  • Completed for Army as Cargo Barge, Large BCL 1798, October 1944
  • Converted to Floating Machine Shop FMS-6, date unknown
  • Transferred to Navy as Floating Workshop YR-84, circa 1954
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 01 October 2004
  • Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 25 May 2006
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 210'
    Beam 40'
    Draft 6'
    Accommodations unknown
    Machinery unknown
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