WWII USN BARGES (type 1) YF390 & YF959

Description

Resin and photoetched parts kit. YF was the designation for a series of hundreds of barges built from World War One through World War Two. YF stands for yard freighter or lighter. The official designation appears as covered lighter non-self propelled. The covered barge could be used for anything from a floating workshop with repair equipment to patch up war damaged ships waiting for a dry dock or repair work for ships not in need of the dry dock. They could equally be used to move supplies, bulk cargo or ammunition to the depleted warships in the port. In other words, they were a lowly jack of all trades, ever present at any naval base but universally ignored. (Scale : 1/700e)