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YFRT-451
ex
 YF-451

YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:
  • Built by Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA
  • Laid down, 12 February 1944
  • Launched, 15 July 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service as Self-propelled Covered Lighter YF-451, 28 October 1944
  • Converted at Lake Union Drydock, Co. in 1951 for torpedo testing, redesignated Covered Lighter (Range Tender) YFRT-451
  • Placed in service at the Navy Undersea Warfare Engineering Station (NUWES), Keyport, WA, 1951
  • Placed out of service, 15 November 1993
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1993
  • Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 10 June 1995
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 133' 7"
    Beam 30' 8"
    Draft 9"
    Speed unknown
    Armament none
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    YF-451
    144345101    		 76k In service as YFRT-451, date and location unknown. -
    YF-451
    144345102    		 117k YF-451 being maneuvered by Fremont Tugboat Company's tug Standfast (herself a former Navy YTL), date and location unknown.
    Photo via Fremont Tugboat Company website    		 John Spivey
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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