Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

YRBM-2

YRBM-1 Class Repair, Berthing and Messing Barge:

Laid down, 1 February 1955, at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Honolulu, HI.

Launched, 28 March 1955

Delivered and placed in service, 29 November 1956

Towed to Mare Island Navy Yard, date unknown

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 4 April 1995

Final Disposition, sold, 18 May 2001, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) by exchange/sale for reuse/conversion, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 236 t.(lt) 310 t.(fl)
Length 112'
Beam 36'
Draft 4'
Accommodations

Officers 10

Enlisted 90
Armament
Machinery unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	1366k	*YRBM-2, with unidentified YF alongside, form the backdrop for the 23 February 1960 commissioning of MSC-283* as *RSVN Bach Dang* (HQ 116)** at Mare Island		Darryl Baker

There is no DANFS history available for YRBM-2 at Navsource

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
YRBM Berthing Barge

Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page

Back To The Yard and District Craft Photo Index

Back (YRBM) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.

This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo

Last Updated 17 June 2011