Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.
NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Escort
Photo Archive
Lodestone (ADG 8)
ex-YDG-8
YDG-8 call sign:
November - Juliet - Yankee - Xray
ex-PCE-876
PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort/YDG-8 Class District Degaussing Vessel: Laid down 27 May 1943 as PCE-876 by the Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR; Launched 30 September 1943; Reclassified as a District Degaussing Vessel, YDG-8, 23 December 1943; Commissioned USS YDG-8, 10 June 1944; Decommissioned in May 1946; Reclassified as a Degaussing Ship, ADG-8, 1 November 1947; Named Lodestone 1 February 1955; Struck from the Navy Register 21 February 1975; Scrapped 1 May 1976.
Specifications: Displacement 640 t; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9'; Speed 14 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount and four 20mm mounts; Propulsion two 900bhp General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, Falk single reduction gear, two shafts.
Click on thumbnail
for full size image |
Size |
Image Description |
Source |
| No image of Lodestone (ADG 8) is available at this time |
View the Lodestone (ADG 8)
DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2005 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.
|