WWII-era 'Liberty' class cargo vessel
EYAG39 1963
more than 1000 t of displacement:
No | Name | Launched // Comm. | Builder | Displacement, t | Dimensions, m | Speed, kts | Machinery, power, hp | Armament | Fate |
YAG36 | Floyd W. Spencer | 1.7.1944 // 1957 | Delta SB, New Orleans | 11600 | 134.7x17.4 | 10 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 2500 | none | sold 1960 |
YAG37 | John L. Sullivan | 25.5.1943 // 1957 | Permanente Metals, Richmond | 11600 | 134.7x17.4 | 10 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 2500 | none | BU 1958 |
YAG38 | Edward Kavanagh | 24.12.1943 // 1957 | New England SB, South Portland | 11600 | 134.7x17.4 | 10 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 2500 | none | sold 1960 |
Project history: Conversion of WWII-era 'Liberty'-class vessels to mine destructors as German 'sperrbrechers'.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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