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YR 97 is one of the Navy's floating workshops. Built as floating workshop YR 67 in 1944, the barge was redesignated as repair and berthing barge YRB 32 on April 3, 2000. On February 12, 2013, the barge was reclassified as floating workshop YR 97 and is presently assigned to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: December 3, 1943 |
| Keel laid: March 9, 1944 | |
| Launched: July 23, 1944 | |
| Delivered: September 15, 1944 | |
| Builder: Pollock Shipbuilding, Stockton, Calif. | |
| Length: 153 feet (46.6 meters) | |
| Beam: 36 feet (11 meters) | |
| Draft: 6 feet (1.8 meters) | |
| Displacement: 530 tons light, 760 tons full load | |
| Accommodations: 1 officers, 40 enlisted | |
| Homeport: Bremerton, Wash. |
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The photo below was taken by Michael Jenning and shows YR 97 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., on October 13, 2017.
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