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YP-679 / IX-532

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Xray - Echo
 NHXE
YP- 676 Class Patrol Craft, Training
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Petersen Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI.
  • Launched, 18 April 1984
  • Delivered and placed in service, 3 June 1985 at US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
  • Assigned to the Office of Naval Research, date unknown
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified IX-531 "Afloat Lab"
  • Status, active in service assigned to the Chief of Naval Research, Arlington VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 176 t. (max.)
    Length 108'
    Beam 24'
    Draft 8'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Armament none
    Complement 2 Officers, 4 Enlisted
    Range 1800 nm
    Propulsion two 12V-71N Detroit diesel engines, 2 propellers, horsepower rating 437 shaft horsepower @ 2,100 RPM
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    YP-679 122k YP-679 "Afloat Lab" makes a port visit to Baltimore´s Inner Harbor in 2003, offering the public an opportunity to view some of the newest research being developed to benefit Sailors and Marines. The "Afloat Lab" is a former Naval Academy Yard Patrol craft now serves as a test platform for the Office of Naval Research. Since it has the same machinery, electronics and navigation systems as the Navy's large fleet ships, it is an ideal test platform.
    US Navy photo from the ONR Media Gallery, by James Boyle, ONR    		 Office of Naval Research
    YP-679 108k YP-679 "Afloat Lab" makes a port visit to Baltimore´s Inner Harbor, 17 June 2006, offering the public an opportunity to view some of the newest research being developed to benefit Sailors and Marines. The "Afloat Lab" is a former Naval Academy Yard Patrol craft that now serves as a test and demonstration platform for ONR.
    US Navy photo # 060617-N-7676W-002 by John F. Williams    		 Office of Naval Research
    YP-679 98k YP-679 "Afloat Lab" makes a port visit to Baltimore´s Inner Harbor, 17 June 2006, offering the public an opportunity to view some of the newest research being developed to benefit Sailors and Marines. The "Afloat Lab" is a former Naval Academy Yard Patrol craft that now serves as a test and demonstration platform for ONR.
    US Navy photo # 060617-N-7676W-007 by John F. Williams    		 Office of Naval Research
    YP-679 65k YP-679 "Afloat Lab" outboard the World War II Destroyer, Cassin Young (DD-793), 9 June 2006, at the Charlestown Navy Yard, during a visit to Boston, MA., as part of the second annual Navy Week celebration held June 8 - 13.
    US Navy photo # 060617-N-7676W-006 by John F. Williams    		 Office of Naval Research
    There is no DANFS history record for YP-679 / IX-531 available at Navsource
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