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Secota (YTM-415)
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 Secota (YTB-415) (1945 - 1962)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Zulu - Zulu
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Sassaba Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, MD
  • Laid down, 29 April 1944
  • Launched, 04 August 1944
  • Completed, 13 March 1945
  • Delivered to the Navy and placed in service as Secota (YTB-415), 23 December 1944
  • Allocated to the Pacific Fleet seeing service at Okinawa in August 1945, Tsingtao, China, in July 1946, replacing Anamosa (YTB-409) at Yokosuka, Japan, 20 August 1947, Hungnam and Pusan, Korea in 1950 and Sasebo, Japan
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-415, February 1962
  • Final Disposition, sunk in collision, 22 March 1986, 3 miles south of Midway Island with USS Georgia (SSBN-729). Two civilian contract crew working for Base Services International (Sri Lankan nationals) were lost.
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    Specifications:
    Displacement 237 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament two .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion
    Diesel engine
    single propeller, 1,200shp
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    Secota
    140941501    		 77k Secota (YTB-415) underway, probably off Korea, circa 1950.
    Photo courtesy Paul Smith, US Navy Harbor Tug Boats web site, contributed by Bill Mozingo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Secota
    140941503    		 70k Secota (YTB-415) maneuvering at Sasebo, 1953. Dave Wright
    Secota
    140941502    		 105k Secota (YTM-415) at her mooring, possibly at Naval Station Midway, circa Christmas, year unknown. Note christmas star decoration on the top of the wheelhouse.
    Photo courtesy Paul Smith, US Navy Harbor Tug Boats web site.    		 Robert Hurst
    Secota (YTB-415 / YTM-415)
    DANFS history entry located at the US 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
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    Last Updated 13 October 2024