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Built and delivered as U-34 1526 and later redesignated YFN 1195, the covered lighter later had its superstructure removed in 2009 and was reclassified YC 1680. As such, YC 1680 is one of the Navy's open lighters.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: April 30, 1963 |
| Keel laid: July 1, 1963 | |
| Launched: November 1, 1963 | |
| Delivered: July 1, 1964 | |
| Builder: Richmond Steel, Richmond, Calif. | |
| Length: 110 feet (33.53 meters) | |
| Beam: 34 feet (2.110.36 meters) | |
| Draft: 7 feet (2.1 meters) | |
| Displacement: 170 tons light | |
| Homeport: Norfolk, Va. |
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The photo below was taken by Michael Jenning and shows YC 1680 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., on September 21, 2018.
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