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Cholocco (YTM-764)
ex
 Cholocco (YTB-498) (1944 - 1962)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Yankee - Xray
 NCYX
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
Cholocco Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Laid down in 1944 at Ira S. Bushey and Sons, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered and placed in service in 1944 as Cholocco (YTB-498)
  • Allocated to the 13th Naval District in Alaska
  • Reclassified as Medium Harbor Tug YTM-764 in February 1962
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Disposed of by transfer, agency unknown, renamed Robert Henjes
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 240 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 19'
    Speed 11 kts
    Complement 10
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion Diesel engine, single propeller
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    Cholocco 59k Cholocco (YTB-498) underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    Cholocco 124k Cholocco (YTB-498) underway near Naval Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy of Robert Reeves and Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Cholocco 62k Cholocco (YTB-498) moored inboard of Nanigo (YTB-537) at Naval Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, date unknown.
    Photo courtesy of Paul Smith US Navy Harbor Tug Boats    		 Robert Hurst
    Cholocco (YTB-498 / YTM-764)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval 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
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    Last Updated 13 May 2011