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YTL-117
ex
 YMT-13 (193x - 1944)
 YT-117 (1930 - 193x)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Quebec - Papa
 NXQP
District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC
  • Authorized as YT-117, June 1930
  • Completed as YMT-13, 1932
  • Assigned to Annapolis, 1930s
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Small YTL-117, 15 May 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946
  • Transferred to WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, July 1947
  • Registered to Shirley H. Holt, Jr., Kittery, ME, as tug Portsmouth (ON 253292), 1947
  • Later registered to Portsmouth Navigation Co., Portsmouth, NH
  • Registered to Robert H. Dixon, 1977
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 65' 8"
    Beam 17'
    Draft 4' 11"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one 8-cylinder diesel engine (ex K-class sub), 240hp
    single propeller
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