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Washakie (YTM-386)
ex
 Washakie (YTB-386) (1944 - 1962)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Delta - Sierra
 NZDS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Iwana Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down as YT-386, 13 October 1943 at Ira Bushey & Sons, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Launched, 13 February 1944
  • Redesignated Harbor Tug, Large YTB-386, 15 May1944
  • Delivered to the Navy, 30 June 1944
  • Placed in service, 1 July 1944, as Washakie (YTB-386)
  • Allocated to Service Force, Pacific Fleet, for the duration of World War II
  • During World War II Washakie was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, June 1945
  • Damaged by grounding during Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945
  • Placed out of service, 16 October 1945
  • Refloated, ordered to Sasebo, Japan, damaged by sequent typhoon, towed to anchorage near Shanghai for safety
  • Returned to the US six months later
  • After completing inactivation overhaul, Washakie was placed in reserve with the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Reactived in May 1953, allocated to the 6th Naval District at Naval Station Mayport FL.
  • Reclassified Harbor Tug Medium YTM-386, in February 1962
  • Apparently, she was placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1975
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
  • Washakie received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 218 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion, Diesel, single propeller, 805shp
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    Washakie 100k A Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., advertisement for tugboats during WWII, featuring .Washakie (YTB-386).
    Courtesy Ray Longaker, National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors    		 Robert Hurst
    Washakie 49k Washakie (YTB-386) assisting a ship into her berth, probably at Naval Station Mayport, FL, date unknown. Robert Hurst, courtesy US Navy Harbor Tugs web site
    Washakie (YTB-386 / YTM-386)
    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
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    Last Updated 15 October 2010