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YRB
Repair and Berthing Barge
(Non Self-propelled)

YRB-1 (ex-YF-258, ex YFN-258)
YRB-1-1 Covered lighter 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)
Submitted by Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
YRB-1-2 (ex-YF-258, ex YFN-258)
Ammunition Lighter YF-258 at the Boston Navy Yard, 16 November 1940. (Boston Navy Yard photo 1370-40, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-14786)
Submitted by Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
Laid down 10 June 1940 as Open Lighter YC-258 (non-self-propelled) at Boston Navy Yard
Launched 22 August 1940
Delivered and placed in service 30 August 1940
Employed as Ammunition Lighter
Reclassified as Covered Lighter (non-self-propelled) YFN-258 in 1946
Reclassified as Repair and Berthing Barge YRB-1 (non-self-propelled) in 194x
Struck from the Naval Register, 4 April 1995
Final disposition, sold by Defense Reutilization & Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 22 November 1999
Specifications: Length 111 ft.; Beam 30 ft.; Draft 4 ft.; Accommodations YRB-1 2 Officers 15 Enlisted
YRB-20 (prior to redesignated) seen here as YC-312 in the background with YW-103 moored to a pier in the foreground at Navy Yard Mare Island, 12 January 1945.
Built in 1915 at Navy Yard Mare Island, Delivered in 1915
Displacement 590 t., Length 110', Breadth 34', Draft 8'
YC-312 was reclassified Submarine Repair and Berthing Barge YRB-12, 26 August 1948
Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 252-45
YRB-32 at YR-67 moored pierside, date and location unknown.
Reclassified Repair and Berthing Barge (NSP), YRB-32, date unknown
YRB-32 Class Repair and Berthing Barge
Displacement 530 t.(lt), 760 t.(fl); Length 153'; Beam 36'; Draft 6'
Laid down, 9 March 1944, at Pollock Stockton Shipbuilding, Stockton, CA.
Launched, 23 July 1944
Delivered and placed in service, 15 September 1944
Current Disposition, active, in service, location unknown
Photo submitted by Scott Odell
YRB-35 as YR-78 moored pierside, date and location unknown.
Reclassified Repair and Berthing Barge (NSP), YRB-35, date unknown
Reclassified Repair, Berthing and Messing Barge (NSP) YRBM-55, 15 June 2007
YR-26 Class Floating Workshop
Displacement 520 t.(lt); Length 153'; Beam 36'; Draft 6'
Laid down, 8 January 1945, at Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Seattle, WA.
Launched, 12 May 1945
Delivered and placed in service, 19 June 1945
Current Disposition, active, in service, location unknown
Photo submitted by Scott Odell
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