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Originally placed in service as Floating Workshop YR 50, the barge was later redesignated YRBM 50 and is presently one of the Navy's non self-propelled Repair, Berthing and Messing Barges.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: October 15, 1942 |
| Keel laid: January 3, 1944 | |
| Launched: July 10, 1944 | |
| Delivered: September 22, 1944 | |
| Builder: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif. | |
| Length: 150 feet (45.7 meters) | |
| Beam: 43 feet (13.1 meters) | |
| Draft: 7 feet (2.1 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 600 tons (light displacement) | |
| Accommodations: 1 Officer, 40 Enlisted | |
| Homeport: Pacific |
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The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show YRBM 50 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., on October 13, 2017.
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