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Red Cloud (YTM-268)
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 Red Cloud (YTB-268) (1944 - 1962)
 Red Cloud (YT-268) (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Kilo - Sierra
 NYKS
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, 1 December 1941, as the commercial tug Port Ludlow under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 435).at Birchfield Boiler, Inc., Tacoma, WA.
  • Assigned to the US Navy, date unknown
  • Launched, 2 May 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, 8 March 1943, as Red Cloud (YT-268)
  • Allocated to the 12th Naval District at San Francisco, CA..
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug, Large (YTB-268), 15 May 1944
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug, Medium (YTM) in February 1962
  • Placed out of service in 1974
  • Stuck from the Naval, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 7 April 1987
    Specifications:
    Displacement 310 t.(fl)
    Length 100'
    Beam 28' 0"
    Draft 10'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 17
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    General David C Shanks 100k Red Cloud (YTB-268) assisting USNS General David C. Shanks (T-AP-180) away from the pier at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA., circa 1950s.
    US Navy photo # NH 103783 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    Red Cloud 186k Red Cloud (YTB-268) alongside USNS General David C. Shanks (T-AP-180) outbound outside the Golden Gate at San Francisco, CA., circa 1950s. Red Cloud is retrieving the harbor pilot from the transport.
    US Navy photo # NH 103783 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    Red Cloud (YT-268 / YTB-268 / YTM-268
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    Last Updated 17 February 2012