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YFRT-418
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YF-418

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Juliet - Kilo
NHJK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal


YFRT-257 Self-propelled Range Tender:
  • Built by Erie Concrete and Steel Co., Erie, PA
  • Laid down, 25 November 1942
  • Launched, 30 April 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service as Covered Lighter (Self-propelled) YF-418, 24 August 1943
  • Redesignated Range Tender YFRT-418, date unknown
  • Assigned to Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Center, Solomons MD., date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 February 1984
  • Transferred to MARAD, 02 May 1984
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Fort Eustis, VA. awaiting disposal
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 133'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 12'
    Speed unknown
    Armament none
    Complement 17
    Propulsion diesel, twin screws

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    YF-418 42k YF-418 at Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Co., Erie, PA., ready for launching, date unknown.
    Photo from Bowling Green University, Historical Collection of the Great Lakes.
    Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    YF-418 50k YFRT-418 moored at Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Center, Solomons MD. in 1957. Lon Finnerty YFRT-418
    YF-418 71k YFRT-418 moored at Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Center, Solomons MD. in 1957. Lon Finnerty YFRT-418

    There is no DANFS history record for YF-418 / YFRT-418 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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