YAG training vessel
Series of ten wooden auxiliary vessels built for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) between 1953 and 1955 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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YAG 300 (Yard Auxiliary, General) vessels were a series of ten wooden boats built between 1954 and 1955 that throughout their service acted as yard ferries (Blue Boats), training platforms and test beds for route survey equipment with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).[1]
CFAV Caribou (YAG 314) | |
Class overview | |
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Builders |
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Operators | Royal Canadian Navy |
Succeeded by | Orca-class patrol vessel |
Built | 1954–1955 |
In service | 1954-2007 |
Completed | 10 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Training vessel |
Displacement | 70 tonnes (69 long tons) |
Length | 75 ft 3 in (22.94 m) |
Installed power | Yanmar diesel generator |
Propulsion | 2 × Detroit Diesel 6-71 series engines, 320 hp (239 kW) |
Speed | 10 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | Zodiac launch |
Complement | 12 - 14 |
Sensors and processing systems | Furuno 1831 |
Unofficially known as Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessels (CFAV), the 75-foot boats primarily served as at-sea training platforms for junior naval officers, boatswains, reserve personnel and Sea Cadets at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt until they were taken out of service in 2007. According to the Department of National Defence, "in 2000, a total of 1830 personnel were deployed on the YAGs for a total of 585 days and steamed over 25,000 nautical miles (46,000 km) in support of training."[2]