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YFNX-42
ex
YFN-1255


YFN-1254 Class Covered Lighter:
  • Built by Steel Style Marine, Inc., Newburgh, NY
  • Contracted, August 1981
  • Laid down,
  • Launched,
  • Delivered and placed in service at Norfolk as non-self propelled Covered Lighter YFN-1255, June 1982
  • Redesignated Special Purpose Lighter YFNX-42, 1990s
  • Active as SUBRON 8's SPRUCE (Scheduled Preservation Upkeep Coordinated Effort) barge at NOB Norfolk
    Specifications:
    Displacement 500 tons(lt)
    Length 110'
    Beam 35'
    Draft 8'
    Accommodations unknown
    Machinery unknown

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    YFNX-42 84k YFNX-42 moored at NOB Norfolk, 19 September 1999. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YFNX-42 186k 080627-N-7668G-057 Norfolk, Va., 27 June 2008. Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Michael P. Ojea Sr., a native of Brooklyn, NY, throws a line to Hull Technician 2nd Class Lemar Carter, a native of Lone View, Texas, to moor Scheduled Preservation Upkeep Coordinated Effort (SPRUCE) Barge YFNX-42 alongside the attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) at Naval Submarine Support Center, Norfolk. Photo by Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Xander Gamble Dave Wright

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