Freight Barges (pre-WWII)
(YF, YFN, YFR, YFRN) Built or Acquired Before WWII
Most recent update: January 8, 2012.
Over the years, the Navy has built or acquired 1,289 freight barges: the table below lists the 256 that were built or acquired before WWII. In theory, the YFs and YFRs were self-propelled, while the YFNs and YFRNs were not, but, in practice, there are many that carry the wrong designation. The YFRTs (range tenders) are included here because they have numbers in the YF-series, rather than in a series of their own. Although almost every barge has been identified, there are still a few gaps in the data: in particular, it is not clear what happened to many of these barges at the end of WWII.
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Builder | Location | LOA | Tons | Built | Acquired | Notes | |
YF-1 | 83 | 1898 | |||||
YF-2 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 80 | 90 | 1898 | sold 1945 | |
YF-3 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 1898 | |||
YF-4 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 63 | 1898 | captured | ||
YF-5 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 85 | 1898 | captured | ||
YF-6 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 80 | 1898 | captured | ||
YF-7 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 96 | 1901 | |||
YF-8 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 86 | 1902 | |||
YF-9 | Philadelphia NSY | Philadelphia PA | 40 | 1902 | |||
YF-10 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 50 | 1903 | |||
YF-11 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 50 | 1903 | |||
YF-12 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 86 | 1904 | |||
YF-13 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 45 | 1905 | |||
YF-14 | Guantanamo NS | Guantanamo CU | 40 | 1906 | |||
YF-15 | Guantanamo NS | Guantanamo CU | 40 | 1906 | |||
YF-16 | New Orleans NS | New Orlens LA | 50 | 1906 | |||
YF-17 | Hong Kong | 102 | 1906 | ||||
YF-18 | 91 | 1906 | |||||
YF-19 | 89 | 1906 | |||||
YF-20 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 60 | 1907 | |||
YF-21 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 60 | 1907 | |||
YF-22 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 60 | 1908 | |||
YF-23 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 60 | 1908 | lost | ||
YF-24 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 60 | 1908 | |||
YF-25 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 50 | 1908 | |||
YF-26 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 50 | 1908 | |||
YF-27 | Guam NS | Guam | 49 | 1910 | |||
YF-28 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 110 | 1910 | |||
YF-29 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 60 | 1910 | sold 1921 | ||
YF-30 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 60 | 1910 | sold 1921 | ||
YF-31 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 36 | 1911 | |||
YF-32 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 36 | 1911 | |||
YF-33 | |||||||
YF-34 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 50 | 1908 | |||
YF-35 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 50 | 1908 | |||
YF-36 | J. G. White & Co. | Cavite PI | 50 | ||||
YF-37 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 50 | ||||
YF-38 | Hong Kong | 102 | 1906 | ||||
YF-39 | |||||||
YF-40 | |||||||
YF-41 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 110 | 138 | 1906 | ||
YF-42 | 45 | ||||||
YF-43 | 45 | ||||||
YF-44 | |||||||
YFN-45 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 90 | 120 | 1914 | to MARAD 1947 | |
YFN-46 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 90 | 120 | 1914 | to MARAD 1947 | |
YFN-47 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 90 | 120 | 1914 | to MARAD 1947 | |
YFN-48 | 110 | 138 | ex-YC-119 | ||||
YF-49 | Portsmouth NSY | Kittery ME | 115 | 225 | 1916 | to MARAD 1947 | |
YF-50 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 36 | 1915 | |||
YF-51 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 36 | 1915 | |||
YF-52 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 60 | 1915 | |||
YF-53 | Norfolk VA | 110 | 138 | 1908 | ex-YC-210, sold 1941 | ||
YF-54 | Norfolk VA | 110 | 310 | 1915 | ex-YA-44, to MARAD 1947 | ||
YF-55 | Norfolk VA | 30 | 1916 | ex-ferry St. Helena | |||
YF-56 | Norfolk VA | 110 | 310 | 1914 | ex-YA-43, to MARAD 1947 | ||
YF-57 | lost 1921 | ||||||
YF-58 | W. E. Thomas & Co. | Norfolk VA | 128 | 1917 | |||
YF-59 | 100 | 1917 | |||||
YF-60 | 110 | 1917 | |||||
YF-61 | W. E. Thomas & Co. | Norfolk VA | 110 | 1917 | |||
YF-62 | |||||||
YF-63 | Union SB & DD | Port Jefferson NY | 110 | 1918 | |||
YFN-64 | Carpenter-Watkins | Brunswick GA | 85 | 2,552 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Lighter Barge No. 4, scrapped 1938 |
YFN-65 | Carpenter-Watkins | Brunswick GA | 85 | 2,565 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Lighter Barge No. 5, struck 1929 |
YFN-66 | Carpenter-Watkins | Brunswick GA | 85 | 2,388 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Lighter Barge No. 6, scrapped 1929 |
YFN-67 | Carpenter-Watkins | Brunswick GA | 85 | 2,389 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Lighter Barge No. 7, sold 1924 |
YFN-68 | Carpenter-Watkins | Brunswick GA | 85 | 2,435 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Lighter Barge No. 8, sold 1921 |
YFN-69 | Carpenter-Watkins | Brunswick GA | 85 | 2,382 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Lighter Barge No. 9, sold 1922 |
YFN-70 | Norfolk VA | ex-YC-326 | |||||
YFN-71 | Norfolk VA | ex-YC-327 | |||||
YFN-72 | Carpenter-Watkins | Brunswick GA | 85 | 2,580 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Lighter Barge No. 10, YD-36, sold 1923 |
YFN-73 | Carpenter-Watkins | Brunswick GA | 85 | 2,390 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Lighter Barge No. 11, scrapped 1938 |
YFN-74 | Norfolk VA | ex-YC-331 | |||||
YFN-75 | Norfolk VA | ex-YC-332 | |||||
YFN-76 | Norfolk VA | ex-YC-333 | |||||
YFN-77 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | later YR-11, sold 1935 | |
YFN-78 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | sold 1923 | |
YFN-79 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-80 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-81 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-82 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-83 | Norfolk VA | 110 | 138 | ex-YC-351 | |||
YFN-84 | Norfolk VA | 110 | 138 | ex-YC-352, destroyed 1943 | |||
YFN-85 | Norfolk VA | 110 | 138 | ex-YC-353 | |||
YFN-86 | Cavite PI | 110 | 138 | ex-YC-174, lost 1942 | |||
YFN-87 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 75 | 65 | 1918 | ex-YC-446, to MARAD 1947 | |
YFN-88 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ex-YC-363, to MARAD 1947 | |
YFN-89 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ex-YC-364, to MARAD 1947 | |
YFN-90 | Norfolk VA | 110 | 138 | ex-YC-328 | |||
YFN-91 | Norfolk VA | 110 | 138 | ex-YC-329 | |||
YFN-92 | Harry Cossey | Tottenville NY | 100 | 2,604 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Moran No. 66, to MARAD 1947 |
YFN-93 | Harry Cossey | Tottenville NY | 100 | 2,678 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Moran No. 70, to MARAD 1947 |
YFN-94 | Harry Cossey | Tottenville NY | 100 | 2,986 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Moran No. 72, to MARAD 1947 |
YFN-95 | Harry Cossey | Tottenville NY | 100 | 3,030 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Moran No. 76, to MARAD 1947 |
YFN-96 | Harry Cossey | Tottenville NY | 100 | 3,168 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Moran No. 84, to MARAD 1947 |
YFN-97 | 2,912 | 1909 | 1918 | ex-Success, sold 1920 | |||
YFN-98 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | to MARAD 1947 | |
YFN-99 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-100 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-101 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-102 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-103 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-104 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-105 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-106 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-107 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-108 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | sold 1921 | |
YFN-109 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ||
YFN-110 | Ira S. Bushey | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 2,912 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Lighter No. -, sold 1920 |
YFN-111 | 80 | 1918 | ex-YC-412 | ||||
YFN-112 | 113 | 3,303 | 1916 | 1918 | ex-McMath, sold 1933 | ||
YFN-113 | 113 | 3,287 | 1916 | 1918 | ex-Pee Jee, sold 1923 | ||
YFN-114 | 162 | 3,304 | 1916 | 1918 | ex-Porter, sold 1922 | ||
YFN-115 | 3,285 | 1918 | ex-Kerrigan | ||||
YFN-116 | Richard Rodermond | Brooklyn NY | 100 | 765 | 1915 | 1918 | ex-Fashion, sold 1922 |
YFN-117 | Palmer & Son, Robert | Noank CT | 105 | 2,172 | 1898 | 1918 | ex-Gordon, YR-12, sold 1929 |
YFN-118 | Weehawken DD Co. | Weehawken NJ | 95 | 3,647 | 1917 | 1918 | ex-Frederock L. Robbins, sold 1926 |
YFN-119 | 2,337 | 1909 | 1918 | ex-Gillen Brothers | |||
YFN-120 | 1,184 | 1906 | 1918 | ex-Grayce | |||
YFN-121 | F. A. Verdon | W. New Brighton NY | 91 | 2,741 | 1914 | 1918 | ex-James Logan, sold 1927 |
YFN-122 | 1,185 | 1910 | 1918 | ex-Sterling, sold 1919 | |||
YFN-123 | Athens NY | 85 | 2,763 | 1901 | 1918 | ex-Commerce, sold 1923 | |
YFN-124 | 1,444 | 1913 | 1918 | ex-Helen Auten | |||
YFN-125 | 1,740 | 1912 | 1918 | ex-John F. Bresnahan | |||
YFN-126 | 3,059 | 1904 | 1918 | ex-Catherine | |||
YFN-127 | 1,435 | 1884 | 1918 | ex-City of Yonkers | |||
YFN-128 | 2,402 | 1896 | 1918 | ex-Portland | |||
YFN-129 | 1884 | 1918 | ex-Eaglet, sold 1919 | ||||
YFN-130 | |||||||
YFN-131 | Herreshoff Mfg. | Bristol RI | 58 | 1918 | ex-YV-26 | ||
YFN-132 | |||||||
YFN-133 | Robert Jacob | City Island NY | 58 | 1918 | ex-YV-31 | ||
YFN-134 | |||||||
YFN-135 | Robert Jacob | City Island NY | 58 | 1918 | ex-YV-34 | ||
YFN-136 | |||||||
YFN-137 | B. F. Wood | City Island NY | 58 | 1918 | ex-YV-52 | ||
YFN-138 | B. F. Wood | City Island NY | 58 | 1918 | ex-YV-53 | ||
YFN-139 | Luders Marine | Stamford CT | 58 | 1918 | ex-YV-60 | ||
YFN-140 | Guam | 54 | 1914 | ||||
YFN-141 | Guam | 54 | 1914 | ||||
YF-142 | scrapped 1921 | ||||||
YF-143 | scrapped 1921 | ||||||
YFN-144 | Guam | 45 | 1914 | ex-Sampan No. 3 | |||
YFN-145 | Guam | 45 | 1914 | ex-Sampan No. 4 | |||
YFN-146 | Guam | 45 | 1914 | ex-Sampan No. 5 | |||
YFN-147 | Guam | 45 | 1914 | ex-Sampan No. 6 | |||
YFN-148 | 86 | 3,373 | 1918 | 1918 | ex-Dupont Barge No. 6 | ||
YF-149 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 86 | 1917 | |||
YF-150 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 86 | 1917 | |||
YF-151 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 86 | 1917 | |||
YF-152 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 86 | 1917 | |||
YFN-153 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 45 | 1917 | ex-Marine Lighter No. 1 | ||
YFN-154 | 45 | ex-Marine Corps | |||||
YFN-155 | American C & F | Wilmington DE | 107 | 3,749 | 1890 | 1917 | ex-Barge Seven, sold 1923 |
YF-156 | 80 | 1919 | ex-Indian Head, sold 1924 | ||||
YF-157 | 84 | 1919 | ex-Monarch | ||||
YF-158 | 84 | 1919 | ex-Fearless, scrapped 1930 | ||||
YFN-159 | Norfolk VA | 50 | 1911 | 1919 | ex-Sand Scow No. 3 | ||
YF-160 | 3,740 | 1902 | 1919 | ex-Surprise, sold 1921 | |||
YF-161 | 110 | 1913 | 1919 | ex-Edith B, Catherine Johnson, sold 1922 | |||
YFN-162 | 110 | ex-YC-179 | |||||
YFN-163 | 74 | 1919 | ex-Derrick Lighter No. 5 | ||||
YFN-164 | 74 | 1919 | ex-Well Lighter No. 2 | ||||
YFN-165 | 30 | 1919 | ex-Cargo Lighter No. 3 | ||||
YFN-166 | 56 | 1919 | ex-Cargo Lighter No. 4 | ||||
YFN-167 | 56 | 1919 | ex-Cargo Lighter No. 6 | ||||
YF-168 | 74 | 1919 | scrapped 1920 | ||||
YF-169 | |||||||
YF-170 | 68 | 1919 | ex-Boo Boo | ||||
YF-171 | 1919 | sold 1921 | |||||
YFN-172 | 31 | 1919 | ex-Sand Scow No. 4 | ||||
YFN-173 | 58 | 1919 | ex-Sand Scow No. 1 | ||||
YFN-174 | 56 | 1919 | ex-Sand Scow No. 2 | ||||
YFN-175 | 30 | 1919 | ex-Sand Scow No. 3 | ||||
YF-176 | A. C. Brown | Tottenville NY | 141 | 1919 | ex-Apache, ex-Aspinet | ||
YF-177 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 110 | 138 | 1919 | lost 1942 | |
YF-178 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 110 | 138 | 1919 | lost 1942 | |
YF-179 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 110 | 138 | 1919 | lost 1942 | |
YF-180 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 110 | 138 | 1919 | lost 1942 | |
YF-181 | Cavite NS | Cavite PI | 110 | 138 | 1919 | lost 1942 | |
YFN-182 | 35 | ex-YS-72 | |||||
YFN-183 | 35 | ex-YS-73 | |||||
YFN-184 | 35 | ex-YS-75 | |||||
YFN-185 | |||||||
YFN-186 | Imperial SB | Detroit MI | 110 | 170 | 1918 | ex-YC-480 | |
YFN-187 | Norfolk VA | 110 | 170 | 1915 | ex-YC-303, to MARAD 1948 | ||
YFN-188 | |||||||
YFN-189 | |||||||
YFN-190 | |||||||
YFN-191 | |||||||
YFN-192 | |||||||
YFN-193 | |||||||
YFN-194 | |||||||
YFN-195 | |||||||
YFN-196 | 2,635 | 1914 | 1918 | ex-Derrick Barge No. 70, YD-37, sold 1931 | |||
YFN-197 | Kingston DD | Kingston NY | 125 | 2,729 | 1904 | 1918 | ex-Derrick Barge No. 62, YD-39, sold 1931 |
YFN-198 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ex-YC-239 | |
YFN-199 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ex-YC-383 | |
YFN-200 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ex-YC-384 | |
YFN-201 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 110 | 138 | 1918 | ex-YC-246 | |
YFN-202 | |||||||
YFN-203 | |||||||
YFN-204 | |||||||
YFN-205 | |||||||
YFN-206 | |||||||
YFN-207 | |||||||
YFN-208 | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YC-275, to MARAD 1948 | |||
YFN-209 | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YC-276 | |||
YFN-210 | |||||||
YFN-211 | Philadelphia NSY | Philadelphia PA | 110 | 138 | 1908 | ex-YC-203 | |
YF-212 | 20 | 70 | 1930 | lost 1942 | |||
YFN-213 | |||||||
YFN-214 | Tutuila NS | Tutuila AS | 60 | 55 | 1932 | disposed-of 1947 | |
YFN-215 | Tutuila NS | Tutuila AS | 60 | 55 | 1932 | disposed-of 1947 | |
YFN-216 | |||||||
YFN-217 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 110 | 170 | 1917 | ex-YC-321, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-218 | Leonard Construction | Chicago IL | 110 | 170 | 1918 | ex-YC-467, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-219 | |||||||
YFN-220 | Union SB & DD | Portsmouth VA | 110 | 138 | 1919 | ex-YC-504, sold 1947 | |
YF-221 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 110 | 310 | 1933 | now fishing vessel Rondys | |
YFN-222 | |||||||
YF-223 | 50 | 40 | 1931 | lost 1942 | |||
YF-224 | 50 | 40 | 1931 | lost 1942 | |||
YFN-225 | Philadelphia NSY | Philadelphia PA | 110 | 170 | 1914 | ex-YC-291, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-226 | Interlake Eng. | Cleveland OH | 110 | 170 | 1918 | ex-YC-488, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-227 | |||||||
YFN-228 | |||||||
YFN-229 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 61 | 55 | 1901 | ex-YE-4, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-230 | 110 | 250 | 1907 | ex-YE-8, lost 1942 | |||
YFN-231 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 122 | 270 | 1905 | ex-YE-11, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-232 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 90 | 120 | 1910 | ex-YE-15, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-233 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 90 | 120 | 1910 | ex-YE-16, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-234 | |||||||
YFN-235 | |||||||
YFN-236 | Interlake Eng. | Cleveland OH | 110 | 170 | 1918 | ex-YE-32, ex-YC-484, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-237 | Interlake Eng. | Cleveland OH | 110 | 170 | 1918 | ex-YE-33, ex-YC-485, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-238 | Philadelphia PA | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YE-34, ex-YC-292 | ||
YFN-239 | Seattle WA | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YE-35, ex-YC-280, YRB-14 | ||
YFN-240 | Leonard Construction | Chicago IL | 110 | 170 | 1918 | ex-YE-36, ex-YC-468, destroyed 1945 | |
YFN-241 | Leonard Construction | Chicago IL | 110 | 170 | 1918 | ex-YE-37, ex-YC-469 | |
YFN-242 | Seattle WA | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YE-38, ex-YC-282 | ||
YFN-243 | Cramp Shipbuilding | Philadelphia PA | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YE-39, ex-YC-271, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-244 | Cramp Shipbuilding | Philadelphia PA | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YC-273 | |
YFN-245 | Leonard Construction | Chicago IL | 110 | 170 | 1918 | ex-YC-462 | |
YFN-246 | Seattle Const. & DD | Seattle WA | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YC-285, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-247 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 110 | 170 | 1915 | ex-YC-311, destroyed 1948 | |
YFN-248 | Seattle Const. & DD | Seattle WA | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YC-278, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-249 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 110 | 170 | 1915 | ex-YC-315, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-250 | Cramp Shipbuilding | Philadelphia PA | 110 | 170 | 1912 | ex-YC-261, sold 1948 | |
YFN-251 | Cramp Shipbuilding | Philadelphia PA | 110 | 170 | 1912 | ex-YC-264, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-252 | |||||||
YFN-253 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 110 | 170 | 1914 | ex-YC-295 | |
YFN-254 | Seattle Const. & DD | Seattle WA | 110 | 170 | 1913 | ex-YC-284, to MARAD 1948 | |
YFN-255 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 110 | 170 | 1915 | ex-YC-305, destroyed 1946 | |
YFN-256 | Contractor Service Co. | 125 | 170 | 1918 | ex-YC-623 |