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Nepanet (YTM-189)
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 Nepanet (YTB-189) (1944 - 1962)
 Nepanet (YT-189) (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Uniform - Xray
 NBUX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Woban Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Authorized, 6 February 1942
  • Named Nepanet, (YT-189), 19 March 1942
  • Built by Pacific Coast Engineering Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Launched, 20 June 1942
  • Completed and placed in service in March 1943
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large (YTB-189), 13 April 1944
  • Deactivated and placed out of service in March 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton, CA. Group
  • Reactivated in September 1950
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium (YTM-189) in February 1962
  • Name withdrawn (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 30 September 1987
    Specifications:
    Displacement 218 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 8
    Armament none
    Propulsion Diesel, single propeller, 1,000shp
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    Nepanet ( YTB-189)
    Nepanet 97k Nepanet (YTB-189) assisting USS Abatan (AW-4) off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 18 February 1945.
    US Navy photo # NH 83898 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Nepanet 81k Nepanet (YTB-189) assisting USS Abatan (AW-4) off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 18 February 1945. This image is cropped from Photo # NH 83898, above.
    US Navy photo # NH 83898A from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Nepanet 78k Nepanet (YTB-189) alongside either USS Blower (SS-325) or USS Dentuda (SS-335), probably at Mare island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., date unknown. Robert Hurst, courtesy Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tugs web site
    Nepanet 148k Nepanet (YTB-189) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the US Navy Memorial collection.    		 Stan Svec
    Nepanet 56k Nepanet (YTB-189) laid up, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy Harry MacDonald, via Fred Reep and the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS).    		 Robert Hurst
    Commercial service
    Nepanet 69k Ex- Nepanet (YTB-189) underway in commercial service as the tug Head Wind, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy Harry MacDonald, via Fred Reep and the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS).    		 Robert Hurst
    Nepanet (YT / YTB / YTM-189)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 8 April 2011