USS Littlehales (AGSC-15)

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]

USS Littlehales
History
United States
NameYF-854
BuilderErie Concrete & Steel Co.
Laid down31 May 1945
Launched28 August 1945
Commissioned17 December 1952
RenamedLittlehales
NamesakeGeorge W. Littlehales
Decommissioned1 April 1968
Stricken20 February 1968
Identification
Honors and
awards
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General characteristics
Class and typeYF-852-class lighter
Displacement300 t (295 long tons)
Length132 ft 6 in (40.39 m)
Beam31 ft 0 in (9.45 m)
Draft9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × Union diesel engines
Speed10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement19 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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Citations

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  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

  1. ^ Priolo, Gary P. (1 January 2021). "USS Littlehales (AGSC-15): ex USS YF-854 (1952 - 1959)". navsource.org. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Littlehales II (AGSC-15)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. ^ Blackman 1962, p. 375

References

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  • Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
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