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YR 85 is one of the Navy's floating workshops. Built as US Army machine shop FMS 387 in 1954, the barge was later acquired by the Navy and placed in service as floating workshop YR 85 on September 1, 1978.
| General Characteristics: | Delivered: June 1, 1954 |
| Builder: Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, N.Y. | |
| Length: 210 feet (64 meters) | |
| Beam: 40 feet (12.2 meters) | |
| Draft: 6 feet (1.8 meters) | |
| Displacement: 1,160 tons light, 1,525 tons full load | |
| Homeport: Yokosuka, Japan |
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The photo below was taken by Michael Jenning and shows YR 85 at Yokosuka, Japan, on August 3, 2019.
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