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YCV 16 is one of the Navy's aircraft transportation lighters.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: May 4, 1945 |
| Keel laid: August 6, 1945 | |
| Launched: August 25, 1945 | |
| Delivered: August 29, 1945 | |
| Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company, San Francisco, Calif. | |
| Length: 200 feet (60.96 meters) | |
| Beam: 65 feet (19.81 meters) | |
| Draft: 7 feet (2.13 meters) | |
| Displacement: 480 tons | |
| Homeport: Yokosuka, Japan |
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The photos below were taken by Lienhard Geißler and show YCV 16 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on May 27, 2015.
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The photo below was taken by Hagen Wagner and shows YCV 16 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on July 28, 2017.
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