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Oratamin (YTM-347)
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 Oratamin (YTB-347) (1944 - 1962)
 Oratamin (YT-347) (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Quebec - Juliet
 NGQJ
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
Maritime Commission Type V2-ME-A1 Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (YN 513)
  • Laid down under Maritime Commission contract as Port Kent (MC hull 451), 1942
  • Launched and assigned to the US Navy, 23 December 1942
  • Delivered to the Navy, 15 February 1943
  • Placed in service as Oratamin (YT-347), 1943
  • Allocated to the Tenth Naval District, at San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Large YTB-347, 15 May 1944
  • Reassigned to Fifth Naval District at Norfolk, VA, 1952
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-347, February 1962
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Acquired by NBC Container Lines, Norfolk VA, renamed Martha M. (ON 528417), 1974
  • Acquired by McAllister Towing, renamed Suzanne McAllister, 1986
  • Renamed Susan Elizabeth, 1989
  • Acquired by Zenith Tugboat Co., Duluth, MN, renamed Lacey Von Riedel, 2006
  • Acquired by Island Trader Shipping Co., Wakenaam, Guyana, renamed Ryan A., 2009
  • Final disposition, still active in 2014
    Specifications:
    Displacement 218 tons
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion diesel, single screw, 800shp
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    Oratamin (YTM-347)
    Oratamin 93k Overhead view of Oratamin (YTM-347), date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo, courtesy Tug Boat Information.com.    		 Birk I. Thomas
    Neptune 93k USS Neptune (ARC-2) getting underway at NOB Norfolk, VA. with the assistance of harbor tugs Oratamin (YTM-347) and Chiquito (YTB-499), August 1964. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Neptune 57k USS Neptune (ARC-2) getting underway at NOB Norfolk, VA. with the assistance of harbor tugs Oratamin (YTM-347) and Chiquito (YTB-499), August 1964. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Commercial Service
    Oratamin 83k Ex-Oratamin (YTM-347) in commercial service as the NBC Container lines tug Martha M., date and location unknown.
    Courtesy tugboatinformation.com.    		 Robert Hurst
    Oratamin 77k Ex-Oratamin (YTM-347) in commercial service as the McAllister Towing tug Suzanne McAllister, date and location unknown.
    McAllister Towing photo, courtesy tugboatinformation.com.    		 Birk I. Thomas
    Oratamin 56k Ex-Oratamin (YTM-347) in commercial service as the McAllister Towing tug Suzanne McAllister, date and location unknown.
    McAllister Towing photo, courtesy tugboatinformation.com.    		 Robert Hurst
    Oratamin 179k Ex-Oratamin (YTM-347) in commercial service as the McAllister Towing tug Suzanne McAllister, helping move the liner United States in the Delaware River, 24 July 1996.
    Photo copyright John Curdy    		 John Curdy
    Oratamin (YT-347 / YTB-347 / YTM-347)
    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
    Tug Boat Information.com
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