Titan, better known by its former nickname
Herman the German (US Navy designation
YD-171), is a large
floating crane currently serving in the
Panama Canal Zoneperforming heavy lifts for lock maintenance. Prior to its move to Panama in 1996, the crane was based at the
Long Beach Naval Shipyard from the end of World War II until the yard's closure in 1995. It was seized from the German
Kriegsmarine following the end of World War II as part of war reparations. The crane was built by
Demag Cranes AG as
Schwimmkran nr. 1 in 1941 for the Kriegsmarine, where it had served in the Baltic Sea tending German U-boats.
[1][2] MMSI number:
374940000
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