NavSource Auxiliary Ship Photo Archive (original) (raw)

YSR-1(1) moored at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, date unknown
YSR-1(2) and an oiler are in the upper right with two old "flush deck" destroyers beyond at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 29 September 1941. USS Relief (AH-1) is in the foreground and USS Orizaba (AP-24) is moored forward of Relief. Note Relief's bridge and the illuminated hospital ship recognition cross just forward of and above the spread awning (in the right center).
US National Archives photo # 19-N-26136, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
YSR-1(3) moored at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, 11 June 1978. Photo from Ted Stone Collection, via George Schneider.

Built between 1930-32 at Navy Yard Norfolk, Portsmouth, VA.
Delivered in 1932
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 01 February 1980
Steel hull, Length 95'; Breadth 30' 8"; Capacity, 10,500 cubic feet

YSR-2

Built in 1908 at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines as Power Float # 25 (YX-16)
Redesignated YSR-2, date unknown
Lost due to Japanese occupation of the Philippines Islands
Struck from the Naval Register, 24 July 1942
Wood hull, Length 90'; Breadth 20'; Capacity, 122 tons

YSR-3 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Boston Navy Yard
Laid down, 07 October 1941
Launched, 13 December 1941
Completed, 10 May 1942
Sold to Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Norfolk, VA, and registered as Honeybrook Two (ON 288037), 1962
Final disposition, fate unknown
Steel hull, Length 94'; Breadth 30'; Capacity, 100 tons

YSR-4 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Bushnell-Lyons Iron Works, Tampa FL
Laid down, 24 March 1943
Launched, 12 November 1943
Delivered and placed in service, 06 January 1944
Initially assigned to Seventh Naval District
Towed from Pearl Harbor to Majuro, July 1944
Served in Admiralty Islands and Leyte, 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, 01 June 1980
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Steel hull, Displacement 80 tons(lt), 300 tons (fl); Length 94'; Breadth 34'; Draft 7'(max): Capacity, 300 tons

YSR-5 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge. Seen here moored in the Beaumont, TX Reserve Fleet, 1973. Photo from Ted Stone Collection.
Submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Bushnell-Lyons Iron Works, Tampa FL
Laid down, 24 March 1943
Launched, 07 December 1943
Delivered and placed in service, 03 Feburary 1944
Initially assigned to Eighth Naval District
Assigned to Galveston, TX, for use by Todd-Galveston Dry Docks, February 1944
Final Disposition, transferred to Maritime Commission, 16 August 1946
Steel hull, Displacement 80 tons(lt), 300 tons (fl); Length 94'; Breadth 34'; Draft 7'(max): Capacity, 300 tons

YSR-6 (1) A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge. Bilge wheelerizing barge (unofficially named "Big W"), visible astern of USS Halibut (SSGN-587) being outfitted at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, in August 1958. USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600) is on the building ways inboard of Halibut.Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 45615-8-59.
YSR-6 (2) moored at Mare Island, 24 May 1984. Photo copyright George Schneider.
YSR-6 (3) moored at Vallejo, CA, 27 May 1994. Photo copyright George Schneider.

Built by Bushnell-Lyons Iron Works, Tampa, FL
Laid down, 25 August 1943
Launched, 26 November 1943
Delivered and placed in service, 03 February 1944
Assigned to Twelfth Naval District, Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA
Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1995
Final disposition, scrapped, 13 July 1999
Steel hull, Displacement 80 tons (lt), 300 tons (fl); Length 94'; Breadth 34'; Draft 7'(max); Capacity, 300 tons

YSR-7 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge
YSR-7 outboard of USS William M Wood (DD-715) at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 27 May 1964. USS William M. Wood was undergoing FRAM I (Fleet Rehabilitation And Modernization). Note sonar dome on pier in background and an "extra" mast on the pier by the bow.
Philadelphia Navy Shipyard photo contributed by Ed Zajkowski

Built by Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down, 16 March 1942
Launched, 25 May 1942
Delivered and placed in service at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 01 September 1942
Struck from the Naval Register, 07 December 1995
Final Disposition, sold to J-Way Leasing LLC, Baltimore, MD, 5 February 2003
Renamed J-Way DB101 (ON 1150156), to British Virgin Islands registry, 2009
Steel hull, Displacement 80 tons (lt), 300 tons (fl); Length 94'; Breadth 34'; Draft 7' (max.); Capacity, 300 tons

YSR-8 A YSR-8 Class Sludge Removal Barge
YSR-8 as deck cargo aboard Army barge BC 6198 at Pearl Harbor, 1968.
Photo from government sales catalog contributed by George Schneider.

Laid down by Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard as Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-32, 08 October 1941
Converted to YSR before completion to assist in salvage of ships damaged in Pearl Harbor attack, March 1942
Assigned to 14th Naval District
Struck from the Naval Register, 01 May 1967
Steel hull, Length 104'; Breadth 31'2"; Capacity, 200 tons

YSR-9 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Aetna Iron & Steel Co., Jacksonville, FL
Laid down, 05 July 1943
Launched, 20 October 1943
Delivered, 29 March 1944
Assigned to Eighth Naval District
Final dispostion, transferred to Maritime Commission, 19 August 1946
Steel hull, Length 94'; Breadth 30'; Capacity 300 tons

YSR-10 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge
Undated photo of YSR-10, date and location unknown. Official Navy Department photo, file number 46425. Submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Aetna Iron & Steel Co., Jacksonville, FL
Laid down, 27 October 1943
Launched, 29 January 1944
Delivered, 22 June 1944
Initially assigned to Sixth Naval District, later to Fourteenth Naval District
Towed by ATR-27 from Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, 22 December 1944 - 12 January 1945
Later assigned to Eniewetok, 1945
Struck from Naval Register, 01 January 1971
Final dispostion, sold for scrap, 13 July 1990
Steel hull, Length 94'; Breadth 30'; Capacity 300 tons

YSR-11 A YSR-11 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down, June 1943
Launched, 15 November 1943
Delivered, 11 February 1944
Served at Eniwetok, Ulithi and Leyte, 1944-45
Struck from Naval Register, 19 August 1996
Final dispostion, sunk as target, 08 July 2006
Steel hull, Displacement, 80 tons (lt); Length 80'; Breadth 32'; Draft 5'

YSR-12 A YSR-12 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built at Brooklyn NY for Coastal Tankers, New York, NY, as tank barge Doris R. (ON 171780), 1934
Acquired by US Navy, 21 May 1942
Assigned to Third Naval District
Final dispostion, transferred to War Shipping Administration, December 1947
Registered to Tidal Corp., Brooklyn, NY, 1949
Final disposition, out of documentation 1954
Steel hull, 232 gross tons; Length 100'; Breadth 30'; Draft 8' 7"

YSR-13 redesignated YOS-25, May 1945

YSR-14 redesignated YOS-26, May 1945

YSR-15 A YSR-15 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by United Dry Docks, Brooklyn NY (YN 826)
Delivered to Globe Oil Delivery Corp., New York, NY as tank barge Globe 15 (ON 171766), 1934
Acquired by US Navy, 21 May 1942
Placed in service at New York Navy Yard, 11 January 1943
Assigned to Third Naval District
Transferred to WSA, 24 October 1947
Sold, renamed McAllister Tankers No. 3, 1947
Out of documentation, 1957
Steel hull, 232 gross tons; Length 100'; Breadth 30'; Draft, 8.7'

YSR-16 A YSR-16 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built at Oxford, MD
Delivered to Capt. B.A. Keiser, Smyrna, DE as freight boat Lulu Mae (ON 229601), 1930
Sold to Reinauer Transportation Corp., Newark, NJ, circa 1936
Sold to Arthur Halliwell, Jr., Port Richmond, NY, 1941
Acquired by US Navy, 05 April 1943
Assigned to 3rd Naval District
Struck from Naval Register, 13 November 1944
To War Shipping Administration, April 1946
Sold to Martin T. Carey, Brooklyn, NY, name Lulu Mae retained
Final disposition, out of documentation, 1964
Wood hull, 67 gross tons; Length 62.4'; Beam, 21.3'; Draft, 6.5', one diesel, 70hp

YSR-17 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge. Seen here as Brody, being used as part of the floating beer garden at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA, 23 June 2015.
Photo by Dave Wright.
YSR-17 (2), seen here with YSR-23 moored at Girard Point, Philadelphia, PA, 09 January 2004. Photo copyright Jeff Schurr. Submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Delivered, 14 September 1944
Struck from Naval Register, 16 February 1994
Final dispostion, sold to Florida Marine Terminals, renamed FMT-17 (ON 1078172), 29 September 1998
Later sold to Hays Tug & Launch Service, Chester, PA, renamed Brody
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-18 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Delivered, 30 September 1944
Struck from the Naval Register, 09 June 1987
Final disposition, sold 06 July 1987
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-19 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Delivered, 16 October 1944
Struck from the Naval Register, 05 June 1992
Final disposition, to MARAD, 05 June 1992
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-20 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge moored alongside an unidentified yard tanker at Yokosuka, Japan, 16 May 1971. Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Delivered, 31 July 1944
Struck from the Naval Register, 21 August 1997
Final disposition, sunk as target, 19 September 2002
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-21 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Delivered, 12 August 1944
Final disposition, destroyed, 08 May 1947
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-22 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge moored with other decommissioned vessels at Bremerton, WA, 25 September 1972. Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Delivered, 05 October 1944
Served in Philippines, 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, 01 September 1974
Sold and registered as Sunshine VI (ON 586216), 1975
Later sold to Kwikpak Fisheries, Emmonak, AK, renamed Akerta, date unknown
Active as fish processing vessel in Alaskan waters
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-23 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge, seen here with YSR-17 moored at Girard Point, Philadelphia, PA, 09 January 2004. Photo copyright Jeff Schurr. Submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Delivered, 15 November 1944
Struck from the Naval Register, 16 September 1994
Final disposition, sold to Florida Marine Terminals, renamed FMT-23 (ON 1078175), 29 September 1998
Later sold to Hays Tug & Launch Service, Chester, PA, renamed TJ
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-24 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down, 22 July 1944
Launched, 22 September 1944
Delivered, 15 March 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, 15 October 1974
Final disposition, sold for scrap, April 1975
Steel hull, Length 94'; Breadth 30'; Capacity 300 tons

YSR-25 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Pointer-Willamette, Portland, OR
Laid down, 01 May 1944
Launched, 06 November 1944
Delivered, 13 November 1944
Struck from Naval Register, 21 August 1997
Final disposition, to Local Redevelopment Authority, 20 December 1999
Steel hull, Length 94'; Breadth 30'; Capacity 300 tons

YSR-26 A YSR-3 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR
Laid down, 29 March 1944
Launched, 28 June 1944
Delivered, 12 August 1944
Struck from the Naval Register, 26 July 1994
Final disposition, to Local Redevelopment Authority, 20 December 1999
Steel hull, Length 94'; Breadth 30'; Capacity 300 tons

YSR-27 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon OH
Laid down, 29 January 1945
Launched, 22 May 1945
Delivered, 05 October 1945
Struck from Naval Register, July 1982
Final disposition, sold for scrap, February 1983
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-28 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge stored on the stern of a floating drydock at San Diego, 05 May 1971. Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.
YSR-28 (2) in civilian use at Astoria, OR, 23 March 2003. Photo copyright George Schneider.

Built by Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon OH
Laid down, 12 February 1945
Launched, date unknown
Delivered, 27 November 1945
Struck from Naval Register, 17 January 1994
Final disposition, unknown
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-29 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon OH
Laid down, 03 March 1945
Launched, date unknown
Delivered, 05 December 1945
Struck from Naval Register, 07 May 1992
Final disposition, unknown
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-30 A YSR-30 Class Sludge Removal Barge at Norfolk, VA, date unknown. Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.
YSR-30 (2) being maneuvered by an unidentified YTB at Portsmouth, VA, 15 January 1987. Photo by Martin Holbrook, submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon OH
Laid down, 07 June 1945
Launched, 24 September 1945
Delivered, 31 January 1946
Struck from Naval Register, 22 December 1994
Final disposition, sold, 01 June 2001
Steel hull, Displacement, 230 tons (lt.), 790 tons (full load); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft, 7'

YSR-31 A YSR-30 Class Sludge Removal Barge at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 31 October 1990. Photo copyright William Rau, submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon OH
Laid down, 20 June 1945
Launched, 13 December 1945
Delivered, 05 March 1946
Struck from Naval Register, 07 December 1995
Final disposition, sold, 12 June 2003
Steel hull, Displacement, 230 tons (lt.), 790 tons (full load); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft, 7'

YSR-32 A YSR-30 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon OH
Laid down, 25 July 1945
Launched, 08 March 1946
Delivered, 05 April 1946
Struck from Naval Register, 13 December 1995
Final disposition, transferred to other government agency, 22 February 1996
Steel hull, Displacement, 230 tons (lt.), 790 tons (full load); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft, 7'

YSR-33 (1) A YSR-30 Class Sludge Removal Barge alongside an unidentified destroyer at Norfolk, VA, June 1971. Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.
YSR-33 (2) at Norfolk, 12 September 1984. Photo copyright Martin Holbrook, submitted by George Schneider.
YSR-33 (3) at Norfolk, date unknown. Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon OH
Laid down, 24 August 1945
Launched, 29 March 1946
Delivered, 17 April 1946
Struck from Naval Register, 21 August 1997
Final disposition, sold, 01 June 2001
Steel hull, Displacement, 230 tons (lt.), 790 tons (full load); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft, 7'

YSR-34 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Laid down, 02 January 1945
Delivered, 28 July 1945
Struck from Naval Register, 01 September 1970
Final disposition, sold, January 1971
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-35 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Laid down, 20 January 1945
Delivered, 28 July 1945
Initially assigned to 13th Naval District
Struck from Naval Register, 01 September 1975
Final disposition, sold, October 1975
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-36 A YSR-17 Class Sludge Removal Barge moored alongside the decommissioned Terrell County (LST-1157)at Bremerton, WA, 25 September 1972. Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Delivered, 28 July 1945
Initially assigned to 13th Naval District
Struck from Naval Register, 01 September 1974
Final disposition, sold, October 1974
Steel hull, Displacement, 162 tons (lt.); Length 80'; Breadth 32'

YSR-37 A YSR-30 Class Sludge Removal Barge

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Laid down, 22 May 1945
Launched, 22 January 1946
Delivered, 11 March 1946
Struck from Naval Register, 07 February 1999
Final disposition, sold, 01 June 2001
Steel hull, Displacement, 230 tons (lt.), 790 tons (full load); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft, 7'

YSR-38 A YSR-30 Class Sludge Removal Barge alongside Warrington (DD-843) at Boston Navy Yard, 02 October 1971. Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.

Built byMaxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Laid down, 02 June 1945
Launched, 29 January 1946
Delivered, 19 March 1946
Struck from Naval Register, 13 December 1995
Final disposition, to Local Redevelopment Authority, 02 February 2001
Steel hull, Displacement, 230 tons (lt.), 790 tons (full load); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft, 7'

YSR-39 (1) A YSR-30 Class Sludge Removal Barge at Little Creek, VA, 18 September 1974. Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.
YSR-39 (2) at Little Creek, VA, 17 February 1999. Photo copyright George Schneider.

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Laid down, 16 June 1945
Launched, 25 February 1946
Delivered, 03 April 1946
Struck from Naval Register, 11 December 2000
Final disposition, sold, 14 July 2005
Steel hull, Displacement, 230 tons (lt.), 790 tons (full load); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft, 7'

YSR-40 A YSR-30 Class Sludge Removal Barge at Little Creek, VA, 22 June 1976. Papago (ATF-160) and Exploit (MSO-440) are moored in the background.
Photo by Ted Stone, submitted by George Schneider.

Built by Maxon Construction, Tell City, IN
Laid down, 02 July 1945
Launched, March 1946
Delivered, 15 April 1946
Struck from Naval Register, 19 May 1997
Final disposition, sold, 19 July 2002
Steel hull, Displacement, 230 tons (lt.), 790 tons (full load); Length 110'; Breadth 34'; Draft, 7'

YSR-41 cancelled, 21 August 1945

YSR-42
(ex-USS Intrepid) at Pearl Harbor, circa 1944. The ship in the background is USS Oklahoma (BB-37) shown before stripping was complete. Note that the guns of No.2 turret have already been removed, but the others remain

YSR-43 ex YC-910

Struck from Naval Register, 01 November 1965
Sold for scrap, November 1975

YSR-45

Built by James Russel Engineering Works, Boston, MA
Delivered to US Army as BC 6090, August 1952
Transferred to US Navy, date unknown
Struck from Naval Register, 13 December 1995
Final disposition, sold to Stevens Towing Company, Yonges Island, SC, 09 June 1999
Renamed Stevens 1233 (ON 1256926), active as of early 2015

YSR-46 ex YWN-60

Reclassified YOS-33

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