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YM-17

YM-12 Class Dredge (Non-self-propelled)
  • Built by the Ellicott Machinery Corp. Baltimore, MD
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Completed for Felix Benítez Rexach, San Juan, PR, as dredge Orion (ON 172817), June 1934
  • Sold to Panama Dredging Co., Panama, March 1941
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 1942
  • Allocated to the Sixth Naval District, 1942 - 1998
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1995
  • Transferred to a local redevelopment agency, 13 December 1995
  • Final Disposition, disposed of as an artificial reef on Jim Caudle Reef, off North Myrtle Beach, SC, 04 August 1998
    Specifications:
    Displacement 553 gross tons / 443 net tons
    Length 134' 2"
    Beam 38' 0"
    Draft 9' 4"
    Description steel hull, 16-inch hydraulic cutterhead dredge
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