YAG Training Vessels
YAG (Yard Auxiliary, General) training vessels are wooden boats built between 1954 and 1958 and based at CFB Esquimalt in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. The vessels were used for training Royal Canadian Navy regular naval officers, naval reservists, and members of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in basic seamanship, vessel handling, and navigation. According to the Department of National Defence, "in 2000, a total of 1830 personnel were deployed on the YAGs for a total of 585 days and steamed over 25,000 nautical miles (46,000 km) in support of training."
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