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Cochali (YTM-383)
ex
 Cochali (YTB-383) (1944 - 1962)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Hotel - Lima
 NQHL
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
Allaquippa Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down as YT-383 in 1944 at Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Inc., Port Arthur, TX.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Redesignated Harbor Tug, Large YTB-383, in 1944
  • Placed in service circa as Cochali (YTB-383), in 1944
  • Allocated to the 8th Naval District
  • Placed out of service in May 1947 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Withdrawn from Reserve and reactivated in June 1948
  • Assigned to the 6th Naval District
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-383 in February 1962
  • Reassigned to the First Naval District at Newport, R.I., date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 May 1986
  • Final Disposition, sold by the General Service Administration (GSA), date unknown, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 206 t.(lt) 220 t.(fl)
    Length 102' 2"
    Beam 24'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    Diesel
    single propeller, 1,000shp
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    Basilone 63k Cochali (YTM-383) assists USS Basilone (DD-824) as she arrives at Newport, R. I., February 1973. While operating in the Atlantic on the previous day, Basilone sustained a boiler explosion that took the lives of three of her crew and injured eight more.
    US Navy photo # NH 103398 by PH1 Troy A. Lewiston, from the collections of the Navy History and Heritage Command.    		 Tony Cowart
    Cochali 46k Cochali (YTM-383) under way, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy of Cameron C. Cook and US Navy Tug Boats web site.    		 Robert Hurst
    Cochali 64k Cochali (YTM-383) under way, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy of Cameron C. Cook and the National Association of Fleet Tugboat Sailors web site.    		 Robert Hurst
    Cochali 49k Ex-Cochali (YTM-383) lays abandoned in what appears to be a ship graveyard, date and location unknown.
    Photos courtesy Cameron C. Cook and US Navy Tug Boats web site.    		 Robert Hurst
    Cochali 71k
    Cochali (YTB-383 / YTM-383)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Navy 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
    Allaquippa Class Harbor Tug schematic
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    Last Updated 5 April 2015