Barracks ship

US Navy barracks ship APL-61 in 2003

A barracks ship or barracks barge or berthing barge, or in civilian use accommodation vessel or accommodation ship, is a ship or a non-self-propelled barge containing a superstructure of a type suitable for use as a temporary barracks for sailors or other military personnel. A barracks ship, a military form of a dormitory ship, may also be used as a receiving unit for sailors who need temporary residence prior to being assigned to their ship. The United States Navy used to call them Yard Repair Berthing and Messing with designations YRBM and YRBM(L)[1] and now classes them as either Auxiliary Personnel Barracks (APB) or Auxiliary Personnel Lighter (aka barge) (APL).[2]

  1. ^ "YRBM – Berthing Barge". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ "The Navy has a floating barracks that is somehow worse than living on an actual ship". Task & Purpose. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2022.