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YRB-1
ex
 YFN-258 (1946/47 - 1948)
 YF-258 (1940 - 1946/47)

YRB-1 Class Repair and Berthing Barge:
  • Laid down, 10 June 1940, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA
  • Launched, 22 August 1940
  • Completed, 30 August 1940, delivered and placed in service as non-self propelled Covered Lighter YF-258, employed as an ammunition barge
  • Redesignated Covered Lighter YFN-258 circa 1946-1947
  • Redesignated Repair and Berthing Barge YRB-1, 26 August 1948
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 4 April 1995
  • Sold, 22 November 1999, by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 170 t.(lt)
    Length 111'
    Beam 30'
    Draft 4'
    Accommodations
    Officers 2
    Enlisted 15
    Machinery unknown
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    YRB-1 169k YF-258 slides down Shipways 1 at the Boston Navy Yard on 22 August 1940. At right, work is underway on the demolition of the outer end of Building 104 to allow construction of a second Shipways.
    (U.S. Navy photograph, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-14786)    		 Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
    YRB-1 94k Ammunition Lighter YF-258 at Boston Navy Yard, 16 November 1940.
    (Boston Navy Yard photo 1370-40, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-14786)    		 Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
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