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YP-706

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Echo - Delta
NFED
YP- 703 Class Patrol Craft, Training
  • Built by C & G Boat Works, Mobile, AL
  • Laid down, 05 March 2010
  • Launched, 20 January 2012
  • Delivered and placed in service, 21 August 2012, at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
  • Status, active in service assigned to the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
    Specifications:
    Displacement 176 t. (max.)
    Length 116'
    Beam 27.9'
    Draft 7.87'
    Speed 12.6 kts.
    Armament none
    Complement
    Officers 4
    Midshipmen 6
    Range 1882 nm
    Propulsion
    two 600hp Cat C-18 Diesel engines (two 448Kw)
    two fixed pitch propellers, @ 1,800 RPM

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    YP-706
    143170601
    50k YP-706 under construction at C & G Boat Works Inc., Mobile, AL., 24 February 2010.
    Photo courtesy Captain Ted (real name unknown)
    Robert Hurst
    YP-706
    143170602
    83k
    YP-706
    143170604
    245k YP-706 entering Port of Boston, 08 July 2015.
    Photo copyright Flickr user "Jelpics"
    Dave Wright
    YP-706
    143170603
    245k
    YP-706
    143170605
    742k YP-706 moored inboard of YP-708 at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, 11 December 2015. Three YPs were making a port visit to Philadelphia in support of the Army-Navy Game.
    Photo copyright David Wright
    David Wright

    There is no DANFS history record for YP-706 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    United State Navy Fact File - Yard Patrol Craft - YP

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