!!! The YRBM 16 !!!
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This is the starboard side of the YRBM16. When I was on the YRBM 20 in 1969 and 1970 I traveled past this YRBM many times.
The YRBM 16 was located on a wide spot in the Bassic river upriver from the YRBM 20 and near the town of Chou Doc and the Cambodian Border. It was there from October 1969 until Spring 1970. I do not know where it was towed. The Bassac River is the major west tributary of the Mekong River. YRBM stands for "Yard, Repair, Berthing and Messing" It was not self propelled. A pusher barge tied to the stern had diesel outboards to move the YRBM when needed.
The President of the Mobile Riverine Forces Association, Albert Moore told me by Email that the YRBM 16 was mined on November 25, 1967. SN George R. Ycoco, BM1 Joseph J. Simon, GMG3 Lonnie B. Evans, SN Dale E. Egbert, and GMG3 Ronald E Crose were PBR Crew fatalites. ETN3 Robert Lyndon Gray and EN2 Wilson Nathaniel Flowers were YRBM 16 crew fatalities
The YRBMS were vulnerable to mines, A swimmer could float down the river in the 1 to 6 knot current and place the mine on the hull. In the day time the bow watch would shoot with a carbine any debris or water plants floating near. At night an outboard motor boat would circle and the bow watch would randomly toss concussion grenades into the river. When the current stopped in the dry summer season there was also a stern watch on the with a carbine and grenades.
WHAT BECAME OF THE YRBM16?
NO NAME (YRBM 16)
(ex-YFNB 21)
REPAIR, BERTHING AND MESSING BARGE (N-S-P)
UIC: 18924
Class: Fleet:
Status: Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, Military Assistance Service Funded, ex-US fleet hull
Homeport:
Date status changed: 10/01/1973
The above report indicates the YRBM 16 was transfered to another country in 1973.
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