Special-Purpose Craft

(YCV, YDG, YDT, YE, YFT, YH, YHB, YTT, YV)

Most recent update: January 9, 2012.

The vessels in this table were used for a variety of specialized activities.

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Builder Location LOA Tons Built Notes
Aircraft Transportation Barges (YCV)
YCV-1 later YC-1304 1945
YCV-2 later YC-1305 1945
YCV-3 City Lumber Bridgeport CT 110 150 1943 lost 1945
YCV-4 City Lumber Bridgeport CT 110 150 1943 to MARAD 1947
YCV-5 City Lumber Bridgeport CT 110 150 1943 to MARAD 1947
YCV-6 200 480 1943 later YC-1093 1945
YCV-7 Pearl Harbor NY Honolulu HI 200 480 1943
YCV-8 Pearl Harbor NY Honolulu HI 200 480 1944 struck 1995
YCV-9 Pearl Harbor NY Honolulu HI 200 480 1944 scrapped 1982
YCV-10 Pearl Harbor NY Honolulu HI 200 480 1944
YCV-11 Pearl Harbor NY Honolulu HI 200 480 1944 scrapped 2007
YCV-12 Pearl Harbor NY Honolulu HI 200 480 1944
YCV-15 Bethlehem Steel San Francisco CA 200 480 1945 to DOI 1998
YCV-16 Bethlehem Steel San Francisco CA 200 480 1945
YCV-17 Bethlehem Steel San Francisco CA 200 480 1945
YCV-18 Bethlehem Steel San Francisco CA 200 480 1945 scrapped 1979
YCV-19 Alabama Shipyard Mobile AL 200 480 1990
YCV-20 Alabama Shipyard Mobile AL 200 480 1990
YCV-21 Alabama Shipyard Mobile AL 200 480 1990 sold 2009
YCV-22 Alabama Shipyard Mobile AL 200 480 1991
YCV-23 Alabama Shipyard Mobile AL 200 480 1991
Degaussing Vessels (YDG)
YDG-1 Davis, M. M. Solomons MD 127 271 1923 ex-Thomas C. McNeal, acquired 1942 as YP-404, sold 1945
YDG-2 San Pedro BW San Pedro CA 95 1929 ex-Cipango, acquired 1942 as YP-504, sold 1945
YDG-3 Parke & Kibele San Pedro CA 113 1930 ex-Chicken of the Sea, acquired 1942 as YP-522, sold 1945
YDG-4 Stone, W. F. Oakland CA 166 318 1902 ex-Santa Monica, acquired 1942 as YP-528, lost 1943
YDG-5 Wright, E. Tuncurry NSW, AU 153 489 1937 ex-Nambucca II, acquired 1943, burned 1945
YDG-6 Bellingham MR Bellingham WA 136 270 1943 ex-YMS-344, lost in typhoon 1945
YDG-7 Bellingham MR Bellingham WA 136 270 1943 ex-YMS-480, sold 1947
YDG-8 Albina E & MW Portland OR 184 640 1943 ex-PCE-876, Lodestone (ADG-8), scrapped 1976
YDG-9 Albina E & MW Portland OR 184 640 1943 ex-PCE-879, Magnet (ADG-9), sunk as target 1976
YDG-10 Albina E & MW Portland OR 184 640 1943 ex-PCE-882, Deperm (ADG-10), sunk as target 1982
YDG-11 Willamette I & S Portland OR 184 640 1945 ex-PCE-919/AM-359, Ampere (ADG-11), sold 1962
Diving Tenders (YDT)
YDT-1 W. A. Robinson Ipswich MA 97 141 1943
YDT-2 W. A. Robinson Ipswich MA 97 159 1942 ex-Fortitude (AMc-81)
YDT-3 W. A. Robinson Ipswich MA 97 159 1942 ex-Energy (AMc-78)
YDT-4 W. A. Robinson Ipswich MA 97 159 1942 ex-Exultant (AMc-79), sunk as target 1973
YDT-5 W. A. Robinson Ipswich MA 97 159 1942 ex-Fearless (AMc-80), sunk as target 1973
YDT-6 Morse Shipyards Thomaston ME 93 159 1936 ex-Blue Jay, Chas. S. Ashley, acquired 1940 as AMc-23, returned to owner 1946
YDT-7 Morse Shipyards Thomaston ME 93 159 1936 ex-Canary, John J. Murley, acquired 1940 as AMc-25, to MARAD 1948
YDT-8 64 1927 ex-Washington, acquired 1940, to MARAD 1947
YDT-9
YDT-10 ex-YFNG-1, struck 1983
YDT-11 Everett Pacific Everett WA 261 700 1945 ex-YFN-723, YR-94
YDT-12 Cramp Shipbuilding Philadelphia PA 261 700 1945 ex-YFN-736, YRST-2
YDT-13
YDT-14 Erie Concrete Erie PA 133 300 1942 ex-YF-294, named Phoebus, sold 1999
YDT-15 Erie Concrete Erie PA 133 300 1943 ex-YF-336, sold 1999
YDT-16 ex-YFN-1071, YFNB-43, sold 1996
YDT-17 Swiftships Morgan City LA 132 275 1999 later Neptune
YDT-18 Swiftships Morgan City LA 132 275 1999 later Poseidon
Ammunition Barges (YE)
YE-1 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 61 1899
YE-2 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 61 1899
YE-3 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 61 1901
YE-4 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 61 1901
YE-5
YE-6 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 100 1902
YE-7 Cavite NS Cavite PI 90 1902
YE-8 Cavite NS Cavite PI 110 1907
YE-9 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 100 1904
YE-10 Philadelphia NSY Philadelphia PA 86 1904
YE-11 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 122 1905
YE-12 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 100 1907
YE-13 Fore River Shipbuilding Quincy MA 128 1909
YE-14 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 75 1909 ex-YA-18
YE-15 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 90 1910
YE-16 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 90 1910
YE-17 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 80 1910 sold 1935
YE-18 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 86 1901
YE-19 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 86 1903
YE-20 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 86 1900
YE-21 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 90 1901
YE-22 54
YE-23 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 107 1911 discarded 1934
YE-24
YE-25 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 110 1913 ex-YC-208
YE-26 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 110 1917 ex-YC-135
YE-27 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 80 1917 ex-YC-70
YE-28 108 882 ex-Weehawken, acquired 1918, sold 1931
YE-29 108 1,933 1909 ex-Lawrence M. Sullivan, acquired 1918, sold 1930
YE-30 112 3,190 1918 ex-Hercules, acquired 1918, sold 1923
YE-31 110 1919 ex-YC-534
YE-32 Chicago Bridge Chicago IL 110 1921 ex-YC-484
YE-33 Chicago Bridge Chicago IL 110 1921 ex-YC-485
YE-34 Philadelphia NSY Philadelphia PA 110 1921 ex-YC-292
YE-35 Seattle Const. Seattle WA 110 1921 ex-YC-280
YE-36 Leonard Construction Chicago IL 110 1920 ex-YC-468
YE-37 Leonard Construction Chicago IL 110 1920 ex-YC-469
Torpedo Transportation Barges (YFT)
YFT-1 Dekom Shipbuilding Brooklyn NY 110 162 1942 ex-YC-753
YFT-2 Dravo Corp. Wilmington DE 110 162 1942 ex-YC-709
YFT-3 Donovan Contracting Shelburne VT 80 74 1942
YFT-4 Donovan Contracting Shelburne VT 80 74 1942
YFT-5 Donovan Contracting Shelburne VT 80 74 1942
YFT-6 110 138 1942 ex-YF-462, to MARAD 1947
Ambulance Boats (YH)
YH-1 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 65 54 1919 ex-YT-97
YH-2 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 65 54 1919 ex-YT-100
YH-3 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 65 54 1919 ex-YT-101
YH-4 Stephens Bros. Stockton CA 41 24 1939 ex-Sea Breeze, acquired 1941, sold 1947, still active as Sea Breeze
YH-5 28 small boat 1942
House Boats (YHB)
YHB-1 Staten Island SB Port Richmond NY 127 600 1912 ex-YTT-1, transferred 1946
YHB-2 San Francisco CA 220 1,142 1910 ex-Capital City, Port of Stockton, acquired 1941, to MARAD 1947
YHB-3 100 120 1928 acquired 1941, to MARAD 1947
YHB-4 160 88 1908 ex-Washington, acquired 1941, to MARAD 1947
YHB-5 Supple Portland OR 145 400 1916 ex-Kitsap II, City of Bellingham, Quilcene, acquired 1941, sold 1947
YHB-6 Isherwood Glasgow, Scotland 285 1927 ex-Delta King, acquired 1940, YFB-55, sold 1947
YHB-7 Isherwood Glasgow, Scotland 285 1927 ex-Delta Queen, acquired 1940, YFB-56, sold 1947
YHB-8 Seattle Const. & DD Seattle WA 189 99 1912 ex-Sol Duc, acquired 1941, scrapped 1947
YHB-9 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ 120 150 1930 ex-Truant, acquired 1942, to MARAD 1945
YHB-10 Long Beach SB Long Beach CA 193 851 1920 ex-Domingo Nazabal, acquired 1942, destroyed 1945
YHB-11 219 150 1912 ex-Fort Sutter, acquired 1942, to MARAD 1947
YHB-12 Seattle Const. & DD Seattle WA 134 150 1913 ex-Comanche, acquired 1942, scrapped 1947
YHB-13 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ 127 150 1928 ex-Niagara, acquired 1942, to MARAD 1946
YHB-14 101 150 1925 acquired 1942, to MARAD 1947
YHB-15 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ 98 165 1931 ex-Minoco, Idyll, acquired 1942, YAG-20 1942, sold 1945
YHB-16 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ 106 134 1929 ex-Viator, acquired 1942, to MARAD 1946
YHB-17 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ 101 157 1930 ex-Memory, West Wind, Lela, acquired 1942, YAG-21 1942, wrecked 1945
YHB-18 Stockton CA 242 250 1898 ex-Crockett, acquired 1942, to MARAD 1947
YHB-19 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ 106 150 1916 ex-Leonie, acquired 1943, to MARAD 1947
YHB-20 J. W. Dickie Alameda CA 228 150 1903 ex-Cazadero, acquired 1943, destroyed 1948
YHB-21 Union Iron Works San Francisco CA 224 150 1902 ex-Tamalpais, acquired 1943, scrapped 1947
YHB-22 80 75 1920 acquired 1943, to MARAD 1945
YHB-23 Mathis Yachts Camden NJ 101 103 1929 ex-Dream Girl, Memory, Big Pebble, CGB-23, acquired 1943, sold 1946
YHB-24 Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 307 2.000 1893 ex-Alabama, City of Victoria, acquired 1943, scrapped 1948
YHB-25 New York ship Camden NJ 274 1,400 1913 ex-Alameda, acquired 1944, scrapped 1947
YHB-26 151 300 1909 ex-Annie Comings, acquired 1944, to MARAD 1947
YHB-27 110 200 ex-K. T. No. 9, acquired 1944, to MARAD 1947
YHB-28 110 200 1923 ex-Pacific U. 11, acquired 1944, to MARAD 1947
YHB-29 Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 125 300 1944 ex-YCF-62
YHB-30 Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 125 300 1944 ex-YCF-63
YHB-31 Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 125 300 1944 ex-YCF-64
YHB-32 Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 125 300 1944 ex-YCF-65
YHB-33 Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 125 300 1944 ex-YCF-72
YHB-34 110 138 1919 ex-YC-393
YHB-35 110 138 1943 ex-YFN-514
YHB-36 110 170 1912 ex-YFN-674, ex-YC-264
Torpedo Trials Craft (YTT)
YTT-1 Staten Island SB Port Richmond NY 127 600 1912 later YHB-1
YTT-2 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 134 600 1916 sold 1948
YTT-3 George Lawley Neponset MA 134 600 1918 later YR-42 1941
YTT-4 George Lawley Neponset MA 134 600 1918 sold 1948
YTT-5 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 165 430 1942
YTT-6 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 165 430 1943
YTT-7 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 165 430 1943
YTT-8 103 100 1902 ex-YCF-1
YTT-9 McDermott Morgan City LA 186 1,200 1991 Cape Flattery, sold 2000 as research vessel
YTT-10 McDermott Morgan City LA 186 1,200 1991 Battle Point
YTT-11 McDermott Morgan City LA 186 1,200 1992 Discovery Bay
YTT-12 McDermott Morgan City LA 186 1,200 1992 Agate Pass, to NOAA 2000 as Nancy Foster (R-352)
Seaplane Barges (YV)
YV-1
YV-2
YV-3
YV-4-19
YV-20 Herreshoff Mfg. Bristol RI 58 1918
YV-21 Herreshoff Mfg. Bristol RI 58 1918
YV-23 Herreshoff Mfg. Bristol RI 58 1918
YV-24 Herreshoff Mfg. Bristol RI 58 1918
YV-25 Herreshoff Mfg. Bristol RI 58 1918
YV-26 Herreshoff Mfg. Bristol RI 58 1918 later YF-131
YV-27 58
YV-28 58
YV-29 58
YV-30 58
YV-31 Jacob, Robert City Island NY 58 1918 later YF-133
YV-32 Jacob, Robert City Island NY 58 1918
YV-33 Jacob, Robert City Island NY 58 1918
YV-34 Jacob, Robert City Island NY 58 1918 later YF-135
YV-35-47 58
YV-48 Wood, B. F. City Island NY 58 1918
YV-49 Wood, B. F. City Island NY 58 1918
YV-50 Wood, B. F. City Island NY 58 1918
YV-51 Wood, B. F. City Island NY 58 1918
YV-52 Wood, B. F. City Island NY 58 1918 later YF-137
YV-53 Wood, B. F. City Island NY 58 1918 later YF-138
YV-54 58
YV-55 58
YV-56 Luders Marine Stamford CT 58 1918
YV-57 Luders Marine Stamford CT 58 1918
YV-58 Luders Marine Stamford CT 58 1918
YV-59 Luders Marine Stamford CT 58 1918
YV-60 Luders Marine Stamford CT 58 1918 later YF-139

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