Freight Barges (post-WWII) ~ Shipbuilding History

Freight Barges (post-WWII)

(YF, YFN, YFR, YFRN) Built or Acquired Since WWII

Most recent update: May 18, 2011.

Over the years, the Navy has built or acquired 1,289 freight barges: the table below lists the 136 that have been built or acquired since 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
YFN-1154	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	160	1952		struck 1998
YFN-1155	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	160	1952		sold 2005
YFN-1156	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	160	1952		sold 2005
YFN-1157	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	160	1952
YFN-1158	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	160	1952		sold 2000
YFN-1159	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	160	1952		sold 1998
YFN-1160			110	160	1952		now in Campbell River BC
YFN-1161			110	160	1952
YFN-1162			110	160	1952		later YFP-13, scrapped 1976
YFN-1163	Kyle & Co.	Stockton CA	110	160	1952
YFN-1164			110	160	1952
YFN-1165			110	160	1952
YFN-1166			110	160	1952
YFN-1167			110	160	1952
YFN-1168			110	160	1952
YFN-1169			110	160	1952
YFN-1170			110	160	1952
YFN-1171			110	160	1952
YFN-1172			110	140	1952		ex-U-34 1532, sold 1976
YFN-1173	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1504, sold 2005
YFN-1174	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1505, sold 1998
YFN-1175	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1506, sold 2005
YFN-1176	Avondale Shipyards	New Orleans LA	110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1497, sold 2005
YFN-1177	Avondale Shipyards	New Orleans LA	110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1499, sold 2000
YFN-1178
YFN-1179
YFN-1180	Portland Tug & barge	Portland OR	110	140	1952		ex-U-34 1529, sold 1999
YFN-1181			110	140	1952		ex-U-34 1530, sold 1974
YFN-1182			110	140	1952		ex-U-34 1531, scrapped 1994
YFN-1183	Portland Tug & barge	Portland OR	110	140	1952		ex-U-34 1534, scrapped 1998
YFN-1184
YFN-1185
YFN-1186
YFN-1187			110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1502, sold 1987
YFN-1188			110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1503, scrapped 1984
YFN-1189			110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1507, sold 1984
YFN-1190			110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1508, sold 1984
YFN-1191	Kyle & Co.	Stockton CA	110	140	1952		ex-U-32 1509, scrapped 1996
YFN-1192	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	160	1952		later YLC-1
YFN-1193
YFN-1194	Avondale Shipyards	New Orleans LA	110	160	1952		ex-U-32 1498, sold 2005
YFN-1195	Richmond Steel	Richmond CA	110	160	1964		ex-U-34 1526, YC-1680
YFN-1196	Richmond Steel	Richmond CA	110	144	1964		scrapped 1993
YFN-1197	Richmond Steel	Richmond CA	110	144	1964		scrapped 1997
YFN-1198	Richmond Steel	Richmond CA	110	144	1964
YFN-1199	Gulfport Boiler	Port Arthur TX	110	144	1964		sold 2001 as GC-36
YFN-1200	Gulfport Boiler	Port Arthur TX	110	144	1964		to MARAD 2001
YFN-1201	Gulfport Boiler	Port Arthur TX	110	144	1964		scrapped 1983
YFN-1202	Gulfport Boiler	Port Arthur TX	110	144	1964		sold 1999
YFN-1203	Gulfport Boiler	Port Arthur TX	110	144	1964
YFN-1204	Gulfport Boiler	Port Arthur TX	110	144	1964
YFN-1205	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965		sold 1996
YFN-1206	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965
YFN-1207	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965		later YFP-11
YFN-1208	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965		scrapped 1996
YFN-1209	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965		later YFND-31, inactive 1998
YFN-1210	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965		sold 1974
YFN-1211	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965		scrapped 1984
YFN-1212	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965		to the NDRF 2004
YFN-1213	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965		struck 2006
YFN-1214	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965
YFN-1215	Gretna Machine	New Orleans LA	110	144	1965
YFN-1216	Harbor Boatbuilding	Los Angeles CA	110	144	1965		later YFP-12, sold 2001
YFN-1217	Harbor Boatbuilding	Los Angeles CA	110	144	1965
YFN-1218	Harbor Boatbuilding	Los Angeles CA	110	144	1965		sold 2000
YFN-1219	Harbor Boatbuilding	Los Angeles CA	110	144	1965		sold 1996
YFN-1220	Harbor Boatbuilding	Los Angeles CA	110	144	1965		sold 2003
YFN-1221	Harbor Boatbuilding	Los Angeles CA	110	144	1965		struck 2001
YFN-1222	Harbor Boatbuilding	Los Angeles CA	110	144	1965
YFN-1223	Harbor Boatbuilding	Los Angeles CA	110	144	1965		sold 1999
YFN-1224
YFN-1225
YFN-1226	Boston NSY		110	144	1965		later YC-1461, struck 1981
YFN-1227	Boston NSY		110	144	1965		later YC-1462, struck 1980
YFN-1228	Boston NSY		110	144	1965		later YC-1463, sunk as target 1975
YFN-1229	Boston NSY		110	144	1965		later YC-1464
YFN-1230
YFN-1231
YFN-1232
YFN-1233
YFN-1234
YFN-1235
YFRN 1236							ex-BR-6436, sold 1975
YFN-1237	San Francisco NSY	Hunters Point CA	127	677	1972
YFN-1238
YFN-1239	Philadelphia NSY	Philadelphia PA	110	137	1969		sold 2003
YFN-1240	Philadelphia NSY	Philadelphia PA	110	137	1969		sold 2003
YFN-1241	Philadelphia NSY	Philadelphia PA	110	137	1969		sold 2005
YFN-1242	Philadelphia NSY	Philadelphia PA	110	137	1969		sold 2005
YFN-1243	Philadelphia NSY	Philadelphia PA	110	137	1969		donated 1999
YFN-1244			110	137
YFN-1245			110	137
YFN-1246			110	137
YFN-1247			110	137
YFN-1248			110	137
YFN-1249			110	137
YFN-1250	General Steel Tank		110	137	1970		sold 2001
YFN-1251	General Steel Tank		110	137	1970		sold 1999
YFN-1252	General Steel Tank		110	137	1970		struck 2006
YFN-1253	General Steel Tank		110	137	1971		later YFND-30
YFN-1254	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982		to MARAD 2001
YFN-1255	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982
YFRN 1256	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982		ex-BRM-6234, sold 1984
YFRN 1257	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982		ex-BRM-6238, sold 1984
YFN-1258	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982
YFN-1259	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982
YFN-1260	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982		sold 1999
YFN-1261	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982
YFN-1262	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982
YFN-1263	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982
YFN-1264	Steel Style	Newburgh NY	110	174	1982		struck 1995
YFN-1265	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1987
YFN-1266	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1987
YFN-1267	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1987
YFN-1268	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1987		now YR
YFN-1269	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1987
YFN-1270	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1987
YFN-1271	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1988
YFN-1272	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1988
YFN-1273	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1988
YFN-1274	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1988
YFN-1275	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1988
YFN-1276	Eastern Marine	Panama City FL	110	250	1988
YFN-1277	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	1993		struck 2006
YFN-1278	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	1993		in reserve 1997
YFN-1279	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	1993		in reserve 1997
YFN-1280	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	1994
YFN-1281	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	1994
YFN-1282	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	1994
YFN-1283	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	1994
YFN-1284	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	1994
YFN-1285	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	2006
YFN-1286	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	2006
YFN-1287	Basic Marine	Escanaba MI	110	250	2006
YFN-1288	Burton Construction	Port Arthur TX	110	120	1952		ex-YC-1378
YFN-1289							ex-YC-1596