USS Littlehales (AGSC-15) explained

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]

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

• National Defense Service Medal

References

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

External links

• NavSource Online: Littlehales (AGSC-15)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Priolo . Gary P. . USS Littlehales (AGSC-15): ex USS YF-854 (1952 - 1959) . navsource.org . 1 January 2021 . 15 February 2022.
2. Littlehales II (AGSC-15) . 15 February 2022.