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YFRT-257
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 YF-257



Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row -American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:
  • Built by Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA
  • Laid down, 31 January 1940
  • Launched, 29 June 1940
  • Delivered and placed in service, 30 June 1940
  • Served as range tender, Alexandria, VA, during World War II
  • Reclassified YFRT-257, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 September 1973
  • Sold for scrap, June 1974
  • Registered to Nick Zapetis, Miami, FL as fishing vessel Irene Z (ON 578062), 1975
  • Reflagged Bahamanian, 1976
  • Sold to Y II Shipping Co., Bahamas, and renamed Yeocomico II (British ON 372936), 1982
  • Sold to Hope Shipping, Cook Islands, renamed Hope, 2006
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 600 tons
    Length 132' 10"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 8'
    Speed 10 knots
    Armament none
    Complement 10
    Propulsion Cooper-Bessemer diesels, twin screws, 640shp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    YF-257
    144325701    		 58k YF-257 underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, probably at same time as photo below.
    US Navy photo    		 Norfolk Naval Shipyard
    YF-257
    144325702    		 341k YF-257 underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, probably on final trials, 28 August 1940. Note the clamps for holding torpedoes amidships and the pedestal for mounting torpedo tubes,
    indicating this YF was constructed as a range tender.
    National Archives photo 19-N-22271    		 Tracy White, Researcher @ Large
    There is no DANFS history record for YF-257 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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