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Admiral Glass (YFB-2)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
World War I Victory Medal

Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA

Laid down, date unknown

Launched, 26 July 1916

Placed in service as the wooden-hull ferryboat Admiral Glass, 22 August 1916

Assigned to 12th Naval District, running between Pier 14, San Francisco and Naval Training Station, Yerba Buena

Designated Yard Ferryboat (YFB-2), 17 July 1920

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1926

Sold to George A. Moffitt, Oakland, CA (representing Crowley Launch & Towboat Co.), 27 May 1927

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 87 tons
Length 85'
Beam 19' 6"
Draft 2' 7"
Speed 9 knots
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion

two 3-cylinder gas engines, 160hp

twin screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Namesake
1435000203	28k	Admiral Henry Glass, USN (07 January 1844, Hopkinsville, KY - 01 September 1908, Paso Robles, CA), namesake of YFB-2. Glass was the first commandant of the naval training station on Goat Island (Yerba Buena). Source: wikipedia.org	David Wright
Admiral Glass (YFB-2)
1435000204	534k	Night photo of the *Admiral Glass* ready for launching into the yard's dry dock #2, taken 25 July 1916. She was launched the next day at 10:05 am. Photo from files of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum	David Wright
1435000202	745k	*Admiral Glass* moored pierside at Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 August 1916. Mare Island Navy Yard photo, from files of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum	Darryl Baker
1435000201	52k	Admiral Glass (YFB-2) underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. *Admiral Glass* is most likely enroute between Mare Island and Goat Island (now Yerba Buena Island) in San Francisco Bay. Navy Yard Mare Island photo.	Darryl Baker

Admiral Glass (YFB-2)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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