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YD-171


Floating Crane:
  • "Herman the German" a 350 Ton, German built, steel-hulled, steel-superstructure Floating Crane
  • Assigned to Naval Shipyard Long Beach, CA., circa 1947
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 September 1994
  • Disposed of sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for service in Panama 19 September 1994
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 205'
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Lifting Capacity unknown

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    YD-171
    181k YD-171 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, circa 1947-1961 Larry Gauthier
    2704k YD-171 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, circa 1947-1961. In the background are USS Colahan (DD-658) and USS Implicit (MSO-455) and alongside in YC-1115. Larry Gauthier
    295k YD-171 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard lifting the 425 ton barge YC-1115, circa 1947-1961 Larry Gauthier
    2681k YD-171 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard lifting what appears to be a section of superstructure, into AFDB-4 circa 1953. Larry Gauthier
    46k YD-171 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, circa 1947-1994  
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    45k
    61k
    33k YD-171 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard alongside USS New Jersey (BB-62)  
    51k YD-171 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard alongside the decommissioned USS Missouri (BB-63)  
    Commercial Service
    85k Ex-YD-171 being transported to Panama aboard a heavy-lift ship, in 1996. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
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    2775k Ex-YD-171 in commercial service renamed Titan at Gamboa, Panama, 18 April 2011  
    36k Titan at Panama, date unknown  

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