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YR 83 is one of the Navy's floating workshops. Built as non-self-propelled large covered lighter YFN 365, the barge was later reclassified YRL 5, before becoming the floating workshop YR 83.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: March 24, 1942 |
Keel laid: July 6, 1942 | |
Launched: September 21, 1942 | |
Delivered: November 24, 1942 | |
Builder: Northeastern Boiler & Welding Ltd., Green Bay, Wis. | |
Length: 110 feet (33.53 meters) | |
Beam: 30 feet (9.14 meters) | |
Draft: 4 feet (1.2 meters) | |
Displacement: 138 tons light, 250 tons full load | |
Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hi. |
YR 83 Image Gallery:
The photos below were taken by me and show YR 83 at the Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility Pearl Harbor, Hi., on March 20, 2010.