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YR 94 is one of the Navy's floating workshops. Built as a steel-hulled covered lighter, the barge was delivered to the Navy as YFN 723 on February 13, 1945. Later reclassified as large covered lighter YFNB 12, diving tender YDT 11 (1966) and salvage craft tender YRST 1 (1967), the barge was used in Vietnamese waters during the Vietnam War. Towed to Pearl Harbor, Hi., in mid-1971, YRST 1 was again redesignated IX 526 in the 1970s and finally became YR 94 in the late 1970s.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: November 30, 1943 |
Keel laid: October 2, 1944 | |
Launched: January 17, 1945 | |
Delivered: February 13, 1945 | |
Builder: Everett Pacific Shipbuilding & Drydocking Co., Everett, Wash. | |
Length: 261 feet (79.55 meters) | |
Beam: 48 feet (14.6 meters) | |
Draft: 13 feet (4 meters) | |
Displacement: 700 tons light, 2700 tons full load | |
Accommodations: 15 officers, 71 enlisted | |
Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hi. |
YR 94 Image Gallery:
The photo below was taken by Sebastian Thoma and shows YR 94 at Pearl Harbor, Hi., on March 18, 2022.