YAG training vessels
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YAG (Yard Auxiliary, General) training vessels are wooden boats built between 1954 and 1958, and based at CFB Esquimalt
CFB Esquimalt
Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt is Canada's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters....
in Esquimalt, British Columbia
Esquimalt, British Columbia
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and Royal Roads, to the northwest by the...
, Canada
Canada
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. The vessels are used for training Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
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regular naval officers, naval reservists
Canadian Forces Naval Reserve
In the Canadian Forces, the Naval Reserve or NAVRES is the Primary Reserve component of the Royal Canadian Navy.Headquarters for the Naval Reserve is in Quebec City and it oversees the operation of 24 divisions in other cities across Canada....
, and members of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
Royal Canadian Sea Cadets is a Canadian national youth program sponsored by the Canadian Forces and the civilian Navy League of Canada. Administered by the Canadian Forces, the program is funded through the Department of National Defence with the civilian partner providing support in the local...
in basic seamanship, vessel handling, and navigation. According to the Department of National Defence
Department of National Defence (Canada)
The Department of National Defence , frequently referred to by its acronym DND, is the department within the government of Canada with responsibility for all matters concerning the defence of Canada...
, "in 2000, a total of 1830 personnel were deployed on the YAGs for a total of 585 days and steamed over 25000 nautical miles (46,300 km) in support of training."http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1509
Layout
YAGs displace 70 tonnes, and are divided into five major below-decks compartments: right forward, a chain locker, then the forward cabin, containing the galley, one of the heads (washrooms) and the officers' eating and sleeping areas, as well as the gyroscopic (gyro) compass.Roughly midships, just aft of the forward cabin, is the engine room, containing twin Detroit Diesel
Detroit Diesel
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6-71 series engines (totaling 320 horsepower), as well as a Yanmar
Yanmar
is a Japanese diesel engine manufacturer with more than 90 years of history. The engines are used in a wide range of applications, including seagoing vessels, construction equipment, agricultural equipment and generator sets.-Company description:...
diesel generator.
Abaft the engine room is the after cabin. Depending on the YAG, it may sleep up to fourteen people (twelve on 312), and contains the other head, and a small shower. Two layers of bunks run along the hull, with a table on the centreline. Right aft is tiller flats, containing the black water treatment system, engineering and general storage.
Above decks, one finds the wheelhouse, mounted on the forward cabin's coaming; aft of that, the exposed breezeway; and, mounted on the after cabin's coaming, a Zodiac launch as well as a food locker and barbecue
Barbecue
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. Above the wheelhouse is an open bridge, fitted with chart table and a gyro compass repeater. A second gyro repeater is fitted on the quarterdeck. Each YAG is equipped with a small navigation radar, with the display located in the wheelhouse.
The washrooms are equipped with a pump-action lever, that can be used to pump sewage into the black water treatment tanks held aboard or into the ocean water.
Retirement
The YAG 300 series have been replaced by the Patrol Class Training Tenders Orca-class training vesselsOrca class training vessel
The Orca class is a ship class of eight steel-hulled Royal Canadian Navy training vessels. Based on the Australian-designed Pacific-class patrol boat, the Orca class was constructed by Victoria Shipyards between November 2004 and November 2008, at a total project cost of C$90.7 million. All are in...
as of fall 2008. The first tender, Orca, was launched August 9, 2006 at Victoria Shipyard in Esquimalt, British Columbia and was handed over to the Navy on November 17, 2006.
List of YAG vessels based at CFB Esquimalt
| Hull Number |
Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 306 | CFAV Grizzly | Name reused for Orca class patrol vessel |
| 308 | CFAV Cougar | Name reused for Orca class patrol vessel |
| 312 | CFAV Otter | |
| 314 | CFAV Caribou | Name reused for Orca class patrol vessel |
| 319 | CFAV Badger | |
| 320 | CFAV Lynx |