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Deer Island (YAG-62)

Self-propelled Steel-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built by Halter Marine, New Orleans, LA (YN 129) as the oil field supply vessel MV Deer Island (ON 503425)
  • Delivered to Island Boats, Inc., New Orleans, LA, 1966
  • Sold to Marine Acoustical Services, Inc., Miami, FL and renamed RV Paul Langevin II, 1970
  • Sold to Litton Systems, Inc, Biloxi, MS, name reverted to RV Deer Island, 1974
  • Acquired by the US Navy for service as an acoustic research ship in noise reduction trials, designated YAG-62, 15 March 1983
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred through the Security Assistance Program (SAP) to Mexico, 2 August 1996
  • Initially renamed ARM Rio Hondo (A-26)
  • Converted by Mexico to a survey ship, redesignated (H-08), 1999
  • Renamed ARM Hondo (BI-06), date unknown
  • Current Disposition, active in Mexican Navy as survey vessel, based at Coatzacoalcos
    Specifications:
    Displacement 172 gross tons
    Length 112.9' (120' 1' overall)
    Beam 27' 9"
    Draft 6' 9"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion two diesel engines, two propellers, 740hp
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    USS Deer Island (YAG-62)
    Deer Island 320k Deer Island (YAG-62) underway, date and location unknown. Stan Svec
    ARM Hondo (BI-06)
    Deer Island 23k Hondo (BI-06) underway, date and location unknown. Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history available for Deer Island (YAG-62) at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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