USS YF-854 was an American YF-852-class[1] covered lighter built in 1945. She was later commissioned by the United States Navy and renamed USS Littlehales (AGSC-15) in 1959, serving as a coastal survey ship.[2][3]
.jpg) USS Littlehales
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | YF-854 |
| Builder | Erie Concrete & Steel Co. |
| Laid down | 31 May 1945 |
| Launched | 28 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 17 December 1952 |
| Renamed | Littlehales |
| Namesake | George W. Littlehales |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 1968 |
| Stricken | 20 February 1968 |
| Identification |
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| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | YF-852-class lighter |
| Displacement | 300 t (295 long tons) |
| Length | 132 ft 6 in (40.39 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 0 in (9.45 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 2 × Union diesel engines |
| Speed | 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 19 crew |
| Sensors and processing systems | 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar |
The ship is named after an American oceanographer George Washington Littlehales, an American chairman of the Section of Physical Oceanography, American Geophysical Union, and as vice president of the Section of Oceanography, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.[2]
Awards
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ Priolo, Gary P. (1 January 2021). "USS Littlehales (AGSC-15): ex USS YF-854 (1952 - 1959)". navsource.org. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Littlehales II (AGSC-15)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Blackman 1962, p. 375
References
edit- Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.