Wangerooge class tug
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 Wangerooge |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Wangerooge |
| In commission: | 9 April 1968 |
| Completed: | 5 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | tug |
| Displacement: | 798 tonnes (785 LT/880 ST) |
| Length: | 52.7 m (172 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: | around 1,500 kW (2,000 hp) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h/14 mph) |
| Complement: | 33 civilians |
The Type 722 Wangerooge class seagoing tugboats are used for rescue and salvage operation by the German Navy. They are also used for towing targets and retrieving training torpedoes. Survival trainings for aircraft crews are also carried out with them.
[edit] List of ships
| Pennant number |
Name | Type/ Upgrade |
call sign |
Commissioned | Decommissioned | Base/fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1451 | Wangerooge | 722C | DRLI | April 9, 1968 | Wilhelmshaven | |
| A1452 | Spiekeroog | 722B | DRIJ | August 14, 1968 | Kiel | |
| A1453 | Langeoog | 722 | August 14, 1968 | ? | recommissioned as Type 754, A1441 Langeoog | |
| A1454 | Baltrum | 722 | October 8, 1968 | ? | recommissioned as Type 754, A1439 Baltrum | |
| A1455 | Norderney | 722B | DRLK | October 15, 1970 | ? | ? |
| A1456 | Juist | 722 | October 1, 1971 | ? | recommissioned as Type 754, A1440 Juist |
The ships are named after East Frisian Islands.
[edit] References
- Seeschlepper WANGEROOGE-Klasse (in German) - Marine (official homepage of the German Navy)
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