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YF-854 / AGSC-15 Littlehales

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National Defense Service Medal

Littlehales Class Coastal Survey Ship:

Laid down, 31 May 1945, as YF-854 at Erie Concrete & Steel Co., Erie, PA.

Launched, 28 August 1945

Delivered to the Reserve Fleet upon completion

Commissioned USS YF-854, 17 December 1952

Redesignated a Coastal Survey Ship and named Littlehales (AGSC-15), 14 February 1959

Decommissioned, 1 April 1968

Struck from the Naval Register, 20 February 1968

Specifications:
Displacement 300 t.
Length 132' 6"
Beam 31'
Draft 9'
Speed 10 kts.
Complement 19
Armament none
Propulsion diesel, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	162k	Littlehales (AGSC-15) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo from DANFS.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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