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Sonnicant (YTM-416)
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 Sonnicant (YTB-416) (1945 - 1962)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Alpha - Bravo
 NBAB
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 - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Sassaba Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down, 20 April 1944, at the Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, MD.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the Navy and placed in service as Sonnicant (YTB-416), 2 February 1945
  • Assigned to the Pacific Fleet Service Force, Balboa, Panama Canal Zone in March 1945
  • Reassigned to the 14th Naval District, 4 July 1945, Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Transferred to the 19th Fleet for inactivation overhaul, 4 April 1946
  • Placed out of service, 14 October 1946 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, CA.
  • Reactived in June 1951, assigned to the 11th Naval District at Port Hueneme, CA.
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-416 in February 1962
  • Placed out of service in 1972
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 July 1972 to Cummings Boat Co., Tacoma, WA.
    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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    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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