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Originally built and placed in service as Floating Workshop YR 77, the barge was converted to a repair, berthing and messing barge at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hi., in mid-2002. Redesignated YRBM 52, the barge is now serving as one of the Navy's non self-propelled Repair, Berthing and Messing Barges.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: June 28, 1944 |
| Keel laid: January 8, 1945 | |
| Launched: May 12, 1945 | |
| Delivered: June 9, 1945 | |
| Builder: Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging, Seattle, Wash. | |
| Length: 153 feet (46.6 meters) | |
| Beam: 36 feet (11 meters) | |
| Draft: 6 feet (1.8 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 760 tons (full displacement) | |
| Accommodations: 1 Officer, 40 Enlisted | |
| Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hi. |
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The photo below was taken by me and shows YRBM 52 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hi., on March 8, 2012.
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The photo below was taken by Sebastian Thoma and shows YRBM 52 at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hi., on March 18, 2022.
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