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Menoquet (YTB-256)
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 Menoquet (YT-256) (1943- 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Sierra - Victor
 NXSV
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
Cahto Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down as YT-256, 11 September 1943, by Anderson & Cristofani, San Francisco, CA.
  • Named Menoquet, 5 January 1944
  • Launched, 5 February 1944
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large YTB-256 15 May 1944
  • Allocated to the Service Force South Pacific Fleet
  • Delivered and placed in service at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 7 June 1944, as Menoquet (YTB-256)
  • Transferred to the 7th Fleet, 1 May 1945
  • Returning to Pearl Harbor at the conclusion of World War II, Menoquet was ordered disposed of in March 1946
  • Disposal orders canceled in August 1946 and Menoquet was allocated the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1959
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 400 t.
    Length 110'
    Beam 27' 0"
    Draft 11' 4"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion
    one Diesel engine
    single propeller 1,000shp
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    Menoquet 37k Menoquet (YTB-256) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the US Naval Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    Menoquet 69k Menoquet (YTB-256) underway in the South Pacific, circa 1944.
    US Navy photo courtesy Dave Spencer, BMCM, USCG (Retired), via the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS).    		 Robert Hurst
    Menoquet (YT-256 / YTB-256)
    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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