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Yonaguska (YTM-195)
ex
 Yonaguska (YTB-195) (1944 - 1962)
 Yonaguska (YT-195) (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Yankee - Sierra
 NBYS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - 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, 21 July 1942, at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
  • Launched, 17 August 1943
  • Completed and placed in service, 22 February 1944 as Yonaguska (YT-195), allocated to the 14th Naval District, at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large (YTB-195), 15 May 1944
  • Deactivated in 1949 and loaned to the US Coast Guard, 3 August 1949
  • Returned to US Naval custody in June 1954 to the 14th Naval District and placed in reserve
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Pearl Harbor, HI.
  • Withdrawn from reserve and reactivated in January 1958, assigned to the 14th Naval District
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium (YTM-195) in February 1962
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register in August 1974
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1974
    Specifications:
    Displacement 218 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 8
    Armament none
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    Yonaguska 72k Yonaguska (YTM-195) moored pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor circa 1962. Photo courtesy of Jerry Lopez. Robert Hurst, courtesy Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tugs web site.
    Yonaguska 89k Yonaguska (YTM-195) moored pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor circa 1963-64. Photo courtesy of Jerry Lopez. Robert Hurst, courtesy Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tugs web site.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 10 July 2009