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YFNB-31
ex
 YFN-900

YFNB-2 Large Covered Lighter:
  • Built by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN
  • Contracted, 03 August 1944
  • Laid down, 25 April 1945
  • Launched, 28 June 1945
  • Delivered and placed in service as Non-Self-propelled Covered Lighter YF-900, 22 February 1946
  • Reclassified YFN-900, May 1946
  • Redesignated Large Covered Lighter YFNB-31, 14 July 1949
  • Towed from Philadelphia to Holy Loch, Scotland by Sunbird (ASR-15), July 1962
  • Assigned to COMSUBRON 14 at NSA Holy Loch, Scotland, 1962 - ???
  • Returned stateside in 1990s
  • Place out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 16 February 2002
  • Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 21 February 2003
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 700 tons(lt) 2000 tons (fl)
    Length 261'
    Beam 48'
    Draft 9'
    Accommodations 1 Officer, 28 Enlisted
    Machinery unknown
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    Simon Lake 63k USS Simon Lake (AS-33) moored at Holy Loch, Scotland, circa 1966-70 with supporting yard craft:
    Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Los Alamos (AFDB-7)
    Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-31
    Large Covered Lighter (NSP)YFNB-42
    Floating Crane (NSP) YD-245
    and not shown:
    District Harbor Tug Large Piqua (YTB-793)
    District Harbor Tug Large Saugus (YTB-780)
    District Harbor Tug Large Natick (YTB-760)     		Carl Mussleman
    Simon Lake 78k Looking into the Holy Loch from Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Los Alamos (AFDB-7)
    USS Simon Lake (AS-33)
    Large Covered Lighter (NSP)YFNB-31
    Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-42
    Floating Crane (NSP) YD-245
    		 Carl Mussleman
    Simon Lake 129k Looking into the Holy Loch from Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Los Alamos (AFDB-7)
    USS Simon Lake (AS-33) with resupply ship USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282) alongside
    Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-31
    Large Covered Lighter (NSP) YFNB-42
    Floating Crane (NSP) YD-245
    YFNB-31 76k YFNB-31 moored at NOB Norfolk, VA, 19 September 2019. Photos copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YFNB-31 98k
    There is no DANFS history for YFN-900 / YFNB-31 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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