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YAG-62

Self-propelled Steel-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built in 1966 as the oilfield supply vessel MVDeer Island by Halter Marine, New Orleans, LA.
  • Renamed, date unknown, MV Paul Langevin II
  • Acquired, date unknown, by Litton Systems, Inc, Biloxi, MS., name reverted to MV Deer Island
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 15 March 1983, designated YAG-62 for service as an acoustic research ship, noise reduction trials
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), 2 August 1996, transferred, sold to Mexico, renamed ARM Rio Hondo (A-26)
  • Converted by Mexico in 1999 to a survey ship, redesignated (H-08)
  • Renamed, date unknown, ARM Hondo (BI-06)
  • Current Disposition, active Mexican Navy
    Specifications:
    Displacement 172 t.
    Length 120' 1"'
    Beam 27' 9"
    Draft 6' 9"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two diesel engines, two propellers, 740hp
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