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Wahtah (YTM-140)
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 Wahtah (YTB-140) (1944 - 1962)
 Wahtah (YT-140) (1940 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Juliet - November
 NEJN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Woban Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
  • Laid down, 28 August 1939
  • Launched, 14 December 1939
  • Placed in service as Wahtah (YT-140), December 1940
  • Served at Washington Navy Yard, 1940 - 1974
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large YTB-140, 15 May 1944
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-140, February 1962
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 15 October 1974
  • Final Disposition, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for commercial operation, 01 May 1975
  • Registered to D & L Tugboat Co., Dover, DE, as Big Boy (ON 565591), 1975
  • Out of service and derelict, about 2002
  • Foundered at Pier 1, Girard Point, Philadelphia, PA, 28 July 2008
  • Raised onto pier and scrapped in place, August 2008
    Specifications:
    Displacement 325 tons (fl)
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 11' 5" (max)
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    Wahtah (YT-140)
    Wahtah
    140814001    		 97k Wahtah (YT-140) moored, location unknown, circa 1940-44
    Navy Yard Norfolk photo    		 Mike Green and Robert Hurst
    Commercial Service
    Wahtah
    140814002    		 85k In commercial service as Big Boy from the foot of Broadway, Balitmore, MD, 1982 or 1983. Photo copyright Allen Baker. Robert Hurst, courtesy Paul Smith US Navy Tug Boats webmaster
    Wahtah
    140814003    		 82k Big Boy resting on pier awaiting scrapping after sinking at her berth, 28 July 2008. Bernard Martin
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    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History & Heritage Command website
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 28 May 2021