A1440 Juist

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Author: Leo Van Ginderen collection
Location: (DE) Kiel
Date: 15/06/2006
Administrative data Technical data
name: A1440 Juist
commissioned: 1971
flag: Germany
dimensions: 51.78 x 11.77 x 4.10 m
type: "Type 754" class diving training boat
specs: crew: 33
speed: 13.60 kn
former name(s): new name(s):
A1456 Juist ('71-'78) No known new names
We also have pictures of this vessel under the folowing name(s).
Extra info:
On 01-10-1971, the A1456 Juist was put into service for the 2nd Supply Squadron in Wilhelmshaven. It was then made available to the naval arsenal in Kiel. The A1456 Juist was decommissioned and laid up in the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal on 15-07-1976.

After the conversion of the A1456 Juist in the Mützelfeldt shipyard in Cuxhaven, it was put into service as a Class 754 diving school boat on 24-02-1978 for the Technical Naval School I, Ship Safety Training Group, in Neustadt in Holstein, as a replacement for the Ems diving school boat, initially with a military crew.
Converted? This vessel was converted from ocean going tugboat to diving training boat in the year 1971.
Museum? No
Decommissioned? This vessel was still active on 10/07/2022
Scrapping? Not scrapped on 10/07/2022.
Severely damaged? No