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Hiawatha (YTM-265)
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 Hiawatha (YTB-265) (1944-1962)
 Hiawatha (YT-265) (1942 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Hotel - Victor
 NYHV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Hiawatha Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down in 1941, as the Maritime Commission type VE-ME-A1 harbor tug Port Angeles (MC hull 432), by Birchfield Boiler Co., Inc., Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched 3 April 1942
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission in April 1942
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 30 April 1942 and placed in service as Hiawatha (YT-265)
  • Allocated to the 13th Naval District at Seattle for the duration of World War II
  • Redesignated large harbor tug YTB-265, 15 May 1944
  • Reassigned to the 12th Naval District in 1948 at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard
  • Redesignated medium harbor tug YTM-265 in February 1962
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 April 1987, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 237 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 14
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion
    Enterprise DMQ-8 Diesel engine
    single propeller, 700shp
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