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YG-50


YG-22 Class Garbage Lighter (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, CA (YN 5439)
  • Laid down, 03 July 1945
  • Launched, 24 October 1945
  • Placed in service as YG-50, 21 June 1946
  • Assigned to Eleventh Naval District at San Diego
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 April 1974
  • Offered for sale at San Diego, 05 September 1974
  • Again offered for sale, 06 February 1975
  • Registered as recreational vessel Y G (ON 569800), 1975
  • Registered to Marine Research Corp., Seattle, WA, as commerical fishing vessel Phoenix, 1978
  • Later renamed Clearwater Osprey, date unknown
  • Later renamed Phoenix, date unknown
  • Final disposition, out of documentation 1993 (possibly lost off Umnak Island, Alaska, 12 April 1993)
    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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    YG-50 70k Bow shot of YG-50, date and location unknown. Photo from Ted Stone collection. George Schneider
    YG-50 72k Port profile view of YG-50, date and location unknown. Photo from Ted Stone collection. George Schneider

    There is no DANFS history record for YG-50 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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