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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 |
YCV 16 Image Gallery:
The photos below were taken by Lienhard Geißler and show YCV 16 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on May 27, 2015.
The photo below was taken by Hagen Wagner and shows YCV 16 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on July 28, 2017.