File:German crane being assembled at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard in 1947.jpg
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editDescriptionGerman crane being assembled at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard in 1947.jpg | A former German Navy crane being assembled at the U.S. Navy Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California (USA). The floating crane had 5,000 tons displacement, was 62.4 m long and had a beam of 33,0 m. Its mximum height was 115 m, the draft was 3 m, its lifting capacity was 350 tons. The crane had a forward speed of 5.8 kn and a backward speed of 4.6 kn. It was assigned the hull number YD-171 and struck from the Naval Register, 19 September 1994. In the U.S. Navy it was coloquially known as "Herman the German". It was sold to Panama in 1994 and entered service in 1999. The crane, now named "Titan" is used for the heavy lifting required to maintain the doors of the locks of the Panama Canal. |
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Source | U.S. Navy All Hands magazine March 1947, p. 21. |
Author | U.S. Navy |
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