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YG-46

YG-22 Class Garbage Lighter (Self-propelled):

Built by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, CA (YN 5435)

Laid down, 15 March 1945

Launched, 29 June 1945

Placed in service as YG-46, 25 October 1945

Assigned to Eleventh Naval District at San Diego

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Offered for sale at San Diego, 05 September 1974

Again offered for sale, 06 February 1975

Registered to Assistance, Inc., San Diego, CA as Egabrag (ON 572028), 1975

Registered to Charles Otterman, San Diego, CA, 1976

Renamed Likantur II, 1979

Registered to Edward McDowd, Los Angeles, CA, 1980s

Registered to Svend & Maxine ASP, Cordova, AK, as fishing vessel Michael A, 1990

Registered to Wilding LLC, Seattle, WA as fishing vessel Michael D, 1996

Registered to Everingham Bros. Bait Co., San Diego, CA as Californian, 2005

Final disposition, active 2017

Specifications:
Displacement 313 tons
Length 118' 9"
Beam 27' 7"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion

one Atlas direct-drive Diesel engine

single propeller 240shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
YG-46
	113k	YG-46 in San Francisco harbor, date unknown. This photo was likely taken during trials. Photo from Ted Stone Collection.	George Schneider
	99k	YG-46 moored at San Diego awaiting her new owners, 31 March 1975. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
Commercial Service
	122k	Ex YG-46 in her earliest civilian configuration as *Egabrag* ('Garbage' spelled backwards), taken at San Diego, 03 June 1976. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	187k	*Egabrag* at San Diego, 07 July 1976. Her conversion to civilian life appears to have been little more than a coat of paint and the addition of a crawler crane. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	195k	As *Likantur II*, moored at San Diego, 11 July 1985. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	735k	As *Michael A*, moored at Los Angeles, 26 December 1990. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	202k	As *Californian, moored at San Diego, 04 May 2012. She still maintains her original configuration, but her age is starting to show! Unlike the other former garbage lighters bought by Everingham, Californian* was never converted for bait catching. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
	157k	As *Californian*, moored at San Diego, 04 December 2013. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider

There is no DANFS history record for YG-46 available at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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