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| Keywords: German 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 http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah194703 pdf March 1947 p 21 1947 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Titan ship 1941 Long Beach Naval Shipyard | ||||
