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Deer Island (YAG 62) Class: Photographs


These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive.

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USS Deer Island (YAG 62)

Date and location unknown, but probably in the Bahamas while being operated by Litton in 1975-1982 before Navy acquisition. Note the navy insignia on the bridge representing her contract assignment and the name but no hull number on the bow.

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USS Deer Island (YAG 62)circa the late 1970s
ARM Río Hondo (BI 06)

Ex-Deer Island in Mexican Navy service after a pennant number change in 2001. She was renamed Zimapán on 16 November 2022.

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Mexican Rio Honda after 2001