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Manistee (YTB-173)
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 Manistee (YT-173) (1941 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Bravo - Zulu
 NEBZ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)
District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Harry A. Marvel & Company, Newburgh, NY (YN 226)
  • Completed as the harbor tug Carrie T. Meseck (ON 240611) for Meseck Towing Lines, Inc., New York, NY, 1941
  • Purchased for $285,000 by the Navy, 29 May 1941
  • Converted for naval service at Navy Yard, New York
  • Placed in service as Manistee (YT-173), 8 August 1941
  • Assigned to 3rd Naval District at New York, 1941-1946
  • Redesigned District Harbor Tug (large) YTB-173, 15 May 1944
  • Placed out of service, 30 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 26 February 1947
  • Sold to Meseck Towing Lines, Inc. New York, renamed Carrie T. Meseck
  • Renamed Susan A. Moran when Moran acquired Meseck, 1955
  • Transferred to Moran affiliate Curtis Bay Towing, Baltimore, MD and renamed Wagners Point, 1958
  • Sold to John E. Moore Co., Baltimore, MD, to be stripped for reefing, 1990
  • Scuttled as artifical reef off New Jersey coast, 1991
    Specifications:
    Displacement 226 tons
    Length 104' 4"
    Beam 28' 6"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 knots
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    two .30 cal machine guns
    Propulsion
    one reciprocating engine
    single propeller, 1,000shp
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    Manistee 71k ex-Manistee (YTB-173) in commerical service as Wagners Point, on the Delaware River at Philadelphia, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy tugboatinformation.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Manistee (YT-173)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Navy History and Heritage Command
    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
    Allaquippa Class Harbor Tug schematic
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