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YG-47

YG-22 Class Garbage Lighter (Self-propelled):
  • Built by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, CA (YN 5436)
  • Laid down, 10 April 1945
  • Launched, 06 August 1945
  • Placed in service as YG-47, 01 May 1946
  • Assigned to Eleventh Naval District at San Diego
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Offered for sale at San Diego, 02 December 1964
  • Registered to Everingham Bros. Bait Co., San Diego, CA as bait catching boat Ebb Co. (ON 297397), 1966
  • Rebuilt, 1977
  • Final disposition, active 2017
    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-47
    YG-47 129k Two views of YG-47 out of service at San Diego, 1964. Photos from sales brochure. George Schneider
    Commercial Service
    YG-47 332k Ex YG-47 as Ebb Co., moored at San Diego, 13 September 1971. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YG-47 141k Ebb Co. underway in San Diego harbor,24 April 2012. Her pilothouse was extensively rebuilt in 1977. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YG-47 115k As Ebb Co., underway off San Diego, 03 October 2014. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YG-47 155k Ebb Co. underway in San Diego harbor, 18 March 2015. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YG-47 133k Ebb Co. underway in San Diego harbor, 16 November 2016. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YG-47 169k Ebb Co. underway in San Diego harbor, 23 August 2017. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history record for YG-47 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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