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Candoto (YTB-377)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Bravo - Juliet
NQBJ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Allaquippa Class District Harbor Tug:

Built by Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX (YN 237)

Laid down as YT-377, date unknown

Launched, date unknown

Redesignated Harbor Tug, Large YTB-377, 15 May 1944

Delivered, 10 June 1944

Placed in service as Candoto (YTB-377), 04 July 1944

Assigned to Service Force, Pacific

Sailed independently to Pearl Harbor via Panama Canal, July 1944

Operated in 14th Naval District Jul 1944 - February 1945

Sailed in convoy towing LCT-1185 from Pearl Harbor to Ulithi (via Eniwetok and Apra, Guam), 04 February - 17 March 1945

Stationed at Manicani Anchorage, Samar, Philippines, by July 1945

Laid up in reserve and placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946

Sold to Crowley Towing, San Francisco, CA, and renamed Sea Horse (ON 252765), 1947

Sold by Crowley, circa 1984

Was to have been converted to fish packer; instead sold as a yacht

Registered to W.A. Gardner, Langley, WA, as N T Covenant by 1989

Registered to Covenant Ministries, Seattle, WA, by 1992

Registered to lee Ellis, Issaquah, WA, renamed Sea Horse, 1994

Registered to Pamela L. Oftedal, Yakima, WA, 1999

Dropped from US documentation, 2001

Registered to Big River Marine Services, Lakeview, MI, as recreational barge, renamed Raggedy Ann with expired documentation, 2003

Registered to Dale A.S. Romagnolli (seahorsetug@yahoo.com) & Lori Teather, Salt Spring Island, BC, on Canadian registry as Seahorse (ON 836679), 2012

Final disposition, active as yacht, 2020

Specifications:
Displacement 318 tons (fl)
Length 102' 2"
Beam 25'
Draft 10' 5"
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 12
Armament none
Range 4,500 miles

Propulsion

Diesel-electric

single screw, 1000shp

Size	Image Description	Source
148k	Crowley's *Sea Horse* moored at San Francisco, CA, 02 April 1975. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
116k	*Seahorse* at Seattle, WA, 13 June 2007. Note she already bears the name *Seahorse,* though she was not documented as such for another five years. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
983k	*Seahorse* at anchor off Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, 18 June 2019. Photo copyright Edison Sy.	Edison Sy

Candoto (YTB-377)
DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website

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
Allaquippa Class Harbor Tug schematic

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Last Updated 04 September 2020