Material related to the career of Robert B. Young for the Canadian Hydrographic Service and the launching of the vessel R. B. Young. Fond consists of a scrapbook concerning the launching of the survey vessel by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, two video recordings of the launch, two framed certificates presented to Robert B. Young upon his retirement in 1968, a collection of photos in a frame of the hydrographic vessels, and two photographs, one of Robert B. Young and one of his son Dr. R. N. Young at the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to his father.