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Garbage Scows and Similar Vessels

(YA, YG, YGN, YMD, YSR)

Most recent update: January 9, 2012.

These barges all handled waste of different types. There are many gaps in the data.

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Builder Location LOA Tons Built Notes
Ash Lighters (YA)
YA-1
YA-2
YA-3 24 acquired 1898
YA-4
YA-5
YA-6 35 acquired 1901, destroyed 1921
YA-7
YA-8 34
YA-9 Pensacola FL 47 1899
YA-10 37 acquired 1904
YA-11 Pensacola NSY Pensacola FL 110 1908
YA-12
YA-13 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 50 30 1906 sold 1945
YA-14 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 50 30 1906
YA-15
YA-16 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 50 30 1906
YA-17
YA-18 100 later YE-14
YA-19 Pensacola NSY Pensacola FL 50 30 1908
YA-20
YA-21 Cavite NS Cavite PI 60 1908
YA-22 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 50 30 1908
YA-23 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 50 30 1908
YA-24 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 50 30 1908 lost at sea
YA-25 Guantanamo NS Guantanamo CU 40 1909
YA-26 Guantanamo NS Guantanamo CU 40 1909
YA-27 Guantanamo NS Guantanamo CU 40 1909
YA-28 Guantanamo NS Guantanamo CU 40 1909
YA-29 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 50 30 1910 destroyed 1947
YA-30 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 50 30 1910
YA-31 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 50 30 1910 destroyed 1946
YA-32 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 50 30 1910
YA-33 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 36 1910
YA-34 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 24 1904
YA-35 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 24 1907
YA-36 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 24 1907
YA-37 Cavite NS Cavite PI 60 1910 sold 1918
YA-38 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 50 1910
YA-39 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 32 1910 sold 1921
YA-40 Philadelphia NSY Philadelphia PA 36 1912
YA-41 Philadelphia NSY Philadelphia PA 36 1912
YA-42 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 50 30 1915
YA-43
YA-44
YA-45 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 36 1915
YA-46 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 50 30 1916 ex-YF-26, sold 1947
YA-47 51
YA-48 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI 45 1917
YA-49 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI 45 1917
YA-50
YA-51
YA-52 Cavite NS Cavite PI 50 30 1920 lost 1942
YA-53 3,260 ex-Scow 6, acquired 1918
YA-54 3,260 ex-Scow 10, acquired 1918
YA-55 3,260 ex-Scow 25, acquired 1918
YA-56 3,260 ex-Scow 26, acquired 1918
YA-57 3,260 ex-Scow 31, acquired 1918
YA-58 3,260 ex-Scow 30, acquired 1918
YA-59 Cavite NS Cavite PI 50 30 1920 lost 1942
YA-60
YA-61
YA-62 30 20 1920 disposed-of 1945
YA-63
YA-64 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 36 20 1924 equipment 1948
YA-65 50 30 1929 lost 1942
YA-66 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI 50 30 1931 equipment 1948
YA-67 cancelled
YA-68 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 50 30 1934 equipment 1948
Garbage Scows (YG, YGN)
YG-1 110 170 1899
YG-2 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 110 170 1903
YG-3 89 1906
YG-4
YG-5 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 110 170 1905
YG-6 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 62 1909 later YGN
YG-7 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 62 1909
YG-8
YG-9 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 110 170 1918
YG-10 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 110 170 1918
YG-11
YG-12
YG-13 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 65 45 1929
YG-14 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 65 45 1929 later YGN. disposed-of 1947
YG-15 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI 50 1931 later YGN. lost 1946
YG-16 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 110 170 1931
YG-17 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 110 170 1932
YG-18 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI 110 170 1933
YG-19 40 1909 ex-YA-27, small boat 1942
YG-20 40 1909 ex-YA-28, small boat 1942
YG-21 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 118 195 1939 later AFAC Queen, Olajean, Bull Harbor, Harvestor
YG-22 Dekom SB Brooklyn NY 118 195 1943 scrapped 1975
YG-23 Dekom SB Brooklyn NY 118 195 1943 scrapped 1975
YG-24 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI 118 195 1943 scrapped 1974
YG-25 Dekom SB Brooklyn NY 118 195 1943
YG-26 Dravo Corp. Wilmington DE 118 195 1943 YD-94 1943
YG-27 Dravo Corp. Wilmington DE 115 90 1942 later YGN
YG-28 Dekom SB Brooklyn NY 118 195 1943
YG-29 Dekom SB Brooklyn NY 118 195 1943 scrapped 1972
YG-30 Dekom SB Brooklyn NY 118 195 1943 struck 1972
YG-31 Dekom SB Brooklyn NY 118 195 1943
YG-32 Fort Pierce Boats Fort Pierce FL 66 45 1943 later YGN, lost 1945
YG-33 Dekom SB Brooklyn NY 118 195 1944 scrapped 1974
YG-34 Gulfport Machine Port Arthur TX 118 195 1944
YG-35 Gulfport Machine Port Arthur TX 118 195 1944 struck 1972
YG-36 Gulfport Machine Port Arthur TX 118 195 1944 disposed-of 1947
YG-37 Gulfport Machine Port Arthur TX 118 195 1944 scrapped 1974
YGN-38 Fort Pierce Boats Fort Pierce FL 66 45 1942 destroyed 1947
YGN-39 66 45 1943 lost 1944
YGN-40 Martha's Vineyard SB Vineyard Haven MA 66 45 1943 equipment 1973
YGN-41 Martha's Vineyard SB Vineyard Haven MA 66 45 1943
YGN-42 Martha's Vineyard SB Vineyard Haven MA 66 45 1943 transferred 1947
YGN-43 Martha's Vineyard SB Vineyard Haven MA 66 45 1943 destroyed 1945
YGN-44 Garbutt-Walsh Inc. 66 45 1943 lost 1944
YG-45 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1945 scrapped 1974
YG-46 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1945 scrapped 1974
YG-47 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1946
YG-48 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1946 struck 1972
YG-49 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1946 sunk as target 1975
YG-50 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1946 scrapped 1974
YG-51 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1946 scrapped 1976
YG-52 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1946
YG-53 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1946 scrapped 1975
YG-54 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1946 scrapped 1975
YG-55 Beth San Francisco San Francisco CA 118 195 1946 scrapped 1974
YG-56-67 cancelled
YG-68 114 123 1942
YGN-69 120 1945 ex-YC-1338
YGN-70 ex-YD-1, equipment 1984
YGN-71 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 52 1892 ex-YD-2
YGN-72 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 1900 ex-YD-4
YGN-73 equipment 1982
YGN-74 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 70 1903 ex-YD-7
YGN-75
YGN-76
YGN-77 scrapped 1974
YGN-78 scrapped 1974
YGN-79
YGN-80 Zidell Marine Portland OR 124 309 1970 sold 2003
YGN-81 Zidell Marine Portland OR 124 309 1970 sold 2003
YGN-82 Zidell Marine Portland OR 124 309 1971 equipment 1984
YGN-83 Zidell Marine Portland OR 124 309 1971 sold 2003
Mud Scows (YMD)
YMD-1 Olongapo NS Olongapo PI 30
YMD-2 Olongapo NS Olongapo PI 30
YMD-3 Pensacola NSY Pensacola FL 76 1905
YMD-4 Olongapo NS Olongapo PI 50
YMD-5 Pensacola NSY Pensacola FL 76 1905
YMD-6 Olongapo NS Olongapo PI 50 1908
YMD-7 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 60 1909
YMD-8 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 100 134 1909
YMD-9 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 100 134 1909
Sludge Removal Barges (YSR)
YSR-1 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 95 75 1932 scrapped 1980
YSR-2 Cavite NSY Cavite RP 89 100 1908 ex-Power Float No. 2. lost 1942
YSR-3 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 95 75 1941
YSR-4 Bushnell-Lyons IW Tampa FL 95 75 1944 struck 1980
YSR-5 Bushnell-Lyons IW Tampa FL 95 75 1944 disposed-of 1946
YSR-6 Bushnell-Lyons IW Tampa FL 95 75 1944 scrapped 1999
YSR-7 Philadelphia NSY Philadelphia PA 104 157 1942 sold 2003
YSR-8 Pearl Harbor NSY Honolulu HI 104 157 1942 ex-YSD-32
YSR-9 Aetna I&S San Diego CA 95 75 1943 disposed-of 1946
YSR-10 Aetna I&S San Diego CA 95 75 1943 scrapped 1990
YSR-11 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 95 75 1944 sunk as target 2006
YSR-12 United Dry Docks Brooklyn NY 100 90 1932 ex-Doris R, disposed-of 1947
YSR-13 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 140 1942 later YOS-25
YSR-14 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 140 1942 later YOS-26
YSR-15 United Dry Docks Brooklyn NY 100 90 1932 ex-Globe No. 15, disposed-of 1947
YSR-16 62 50 disposed-of 1946
YSR-17 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1944 sold 1998
YSR-18 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1944 struck 1987
YSR-19 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1944 struck 1992
YSR-20 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1944 sold 2002
YSR-21 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1944 disposed-of 1947
YSR-22 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1944 struck 1974
YSR-23 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1944 sold 1998
YSR-24 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 94 75 1944 scrapped 1975
YSR-25 Pointer-Willamette Portland OR 94 75 1944 sold 1999
YSR-26 Commercial Iron Works Portland OR 94 75 1944 sold 1999
YSR-27 Mount Vernon Bridge Mount Vernon OH 80 150 1945 scrapped 1983
YSR-28 Mount Vernon Bridge Mount Vernon OH 80 150 1945 struck 1990
YSR-29 Mount Vernon Bridge Mount Vernon OH 80 150 1945 struck 1992
YSR-30 Mount Vernon Bridge Mount Vernon OH 110 230 1946 sold 2001
YSR-31 Mount Vernon Bridge Mount Vernon OH 110 230 1946 sold 2003
YSR-32 Mount Vernon Bridge Mount Vernon OH 110 230 1946 sold 1996
YSR-33 Mount Vernon Bridge Mount Vernon OH 110 230 1946 sold 2001
YSR-34 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1946 sold 1971
YSR-35 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1946 sold 1974
YSR-36 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 80 150 1946 scrapped 1974
YSR-37 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 110 230 1946 sold 2001
YSR-38 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 110 230 1946 struck 1995
YSR-39 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 110 230 1946 sold 2005
YSR-40 Maxon Construction Tell City IN 110 230 1946 sold 2002
YSR-41 cancelled
YSR-42 Mare Island NSY Vallejo CA 185 300 1907 ex-YF-331, ex-Training Ship No. 2, USS Intrepid, abandoned 1946
YSR-43 63 75 1932 ex-YC-910, scrapped 1975
YSR-44
YSR-45 American Bridge Pittsburgh PA 120 220 1952 ex-BC-6090, sold 1999

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