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YG-49


YG-22 Class Garbage Lighter (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, CA (YN 5438)
  • Laid down, 03 July 1945
  • Launched, 24 October 1945
  • Completed as YG-49, 12 June 1946
  • Placed out of service in reserve in Twelfth Naval District, May 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 August 1974
  • Final disposition, sunk as target, April 1975
    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
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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