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Floyd W. Spencer (YAG-36)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - November - Hotel
 NWNH
  • Laid down, 17 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2802), at Delta Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 1 July 1944
  • Delivered, 22 August 1944 to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) at New Orleans for lease to Stockard Steamship Corp.
  • Leased to Northland Transportation Co., 22 February 1945, at Oakland, CA.
  • Chartered to Marine Operating Co. Inc., at New York, 3 January 1947
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, N.C., 12 April 1948
  • Leased to Dickman Wright & Pugh, at Baltimore, MD., 25 March 1949
  • Leased to West Coast Trans-Oceanic Steamship Co., at Wilmington, N.C. 30 July 1951,
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 21 April 1952 in Japan
  • Converted to an experimental minesweeper, designated YAG-36:
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck From the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1960 in Japan
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,890 t.(lt) 11,600 t.(fl)
    Length 442'"
    Beam 57'
    Draft 30'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 100
    Armament none
    Propulsion (as built) reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950shp
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