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Negwagon (YTM-188)
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 Negwagon (YTB-188) (1944 - 1958)
Negwagon (YT-188) (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Tango - Victor
 NBTV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Woban Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid Down, 30 December 1941 by Pacific Coast Engine Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, 30 May 1942
  • Placed in service 31 March 1943, as District Harbor Tug Negwagon, allocated to the 14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor and Midway Island
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug (large), 15 May 1944
  • Placed out of service and laid up in the Columbia River Group, Pacific Fleet Reserve in March 1947
  • Reactivated in 1958, assigned to advanced bases Pacific area, redesignated YTM-188
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register in 1972
  • Sold to Atlantic Gulf Co., 13 March 1973
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 237 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 28'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts
    Complement 17
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    Diesel-electric, single propeller, 1,000shp
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    Negwagon 85k Negwagon (YTB-188) moored pierside at Naval Station Midway Island, summer 1945. Mike Youngling for his father Henry Youngling Negwagon
    Negwagon 62k Negwagon (YTB-188) crew members shark fishing near Midway Island, summer 1945. Mike Youngling for his father Henry Youngling Negwagon
    Negwagon (YT-188 / YTB-188 / YTM-188)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval 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
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    Last Updated 29 March 2012