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YRBM-54
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YRB-31
YR-36


YRBM-54 Class Repair, Berthing and Messing Barge:
  • Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Laid down, 01 November 1941
  • Launched, 13 December 1941
  • Delivered and placed in service as Floating Workshop YR-36, 15 May 1942
  • Allocated to the 17th Naval District
  • Redesignated Repair and Berthing Barge YRB-31, date unknown
  • Converted to a Repair, Berthing and Messing Barge at Pearl Harbor, March-April 2002
  • Redesignated YRBM-54, 07 May 2005
  • Current Disposition, active in service at Pearl Harbor, HI
    Specifications:
    Displacement 530 t.(lt) 760 t.(fl)
    Length 150'
    Beam 36'
    Draft 6'
    Accommodations
    Officers 3
    Enlisted 62
    Machinery unknown

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    YRBM-54
    14555404
    996k YR-36 at Adak, circa 1945.
    Photo posted by Flickr user "rosathorns"
    Dave Wright
    YRBM-54
    14555401
    163k YRB-31 drydocked at Pearl Harbor, 08 April 2004, while undergoing conversion to Repair, Berthing and Messing Barge YRBM-54. Bob Gregory
    YRBM-54
    14555402
    168k
    YRBM-54
    14555403
    61k YRBM-54 at Pearl Harbor, 24 August 2011.
    Photo by Mike Kasik.
    Bob Gregory, Executive Support, COMPACFLT N43

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