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YA
Ash Lighter

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YA-13 moored at Boston Navy Yard, 1941.She appears to be in use as a diving tender; note portable compressor amidships. Copper-sheathed wooden-hull ash lighter; Built in 1905 at Boston Navy Yard; Allocated to the 1st ND; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946; Final Disposition, sold October 1945. Displacement, 30 tons; Length, 50'; Breadth 20'; Capacity, 40 tons Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 100124, courtesy of A.D. Baker III, 1984. Submitted by Dave Wright

YA-14 Reclassified YO-37

Ash Lighter No. 29 alongside Pensacola (SP-2078) at Charleston Navy Yard, 12 October 1917. Copper-sheathed wooden-hull ash lighter; Built in 1910 at Charleston Navy Yard; Allocated to the 6th ND; Final Disposition, destroyed September 1947. Displacement, 30 tons; Length, 50'; Breadth 20'; Capacity, 65 tons Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 44476 (cropped) Submitted by Dave Wright

YA-52 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942

YA-59 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942

YA-65 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942

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