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YCV 16



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


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The photo below was taken by Hagen Wagner and shows YCV 16 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on July 28, 2017.



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