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YGN-78

Garbage Lighter (Non self-propelled):
  • Built by Decatur Iron & Steel, Decatur, Decatur, AL, 1946 (unconfirmed)
  • Designated Y/D 13 1, date unknown
  • Placed in service as Garbage Lighter YGN-78, circa 1949
  • Assigned to Tenth Naval District at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 May 1974
  • Offered for sale at Orange, TX, 04 December 1974
  • Final disposition, sold for scrapping, December 1974
    1. Please note this was not, as most sources suggest, former floating derrick YD-13, but rather a Bureau of Yard & Docks pontoon not numbered in the usual USN hull designation scheme.
    Specifications:
    Material steel hull
    Displacement unknown
    Length 120'
    Beam 35'
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Capacity unknown
    Propulsion none
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    YGN-78 101k YGN-78 at Orange, TX, 1974. Photo from sales brochure. George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history record for YGN-78 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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