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Tutahaco (YTM-524)
ex
 Tutahaco (YTB-524) (1945 - 1962)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Hisada Class District Harbor Tug, Large:
  • Laid down, 01 May 1945, at Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched, August 1945
  • Delivered and placed in service, as Tutahaco (YTB-524), 06 November 1945, allocated to the 10th Naval District at San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Reassigned to assigned advanced base duty in the Pacific
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-524, 02 February 1962
  • Reassigned to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1986
  • Sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 09 October 1986
  • Resold to Gordon McCarthy and used as a live-aboard yacht, moored on the Halifax River at Ormond-by-the-Sea, Fl, 1998-2015
  • Sold to Seven Leagues Charter, late 2015
  • Final dispostion, intended as floating museum at Green Cove Springs, FL
    Specifications:
    Displacement 218 tons (lt) 325 tons(fl)
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 11' 6"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 10
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion Diesel, single propeller
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    Tutahaco (YTM-524)
    Tutahaco 75k Tutahaco (YTM-524) underway in Guantanamo Bay Cuba, circa 1975-78. Photo by Coburn "Tom" Addair YTM-534
    Tutahaco 83k Tutahaco (YTM-524) underway in Guantanamo Bay Cuba, circa 1975-78. Coburn "Tom" Addair YTM-534
    Tutahaco 72k Tutahaco (YTM-524) underway in Guantanamo Bay Cuba while maneuvering a floating crane (YD), circa 1975-78. Coburn "Tom" Addair YTM-534
    Tutahaco 69k Tutahaco (YTM-524) assisting an MSC contract tanker into or out of her berth at in Guantanamo Bay Cuba, circa 1975-78. Coburn "Tom" Addair YTM-534
    Tutahaco 182k Ex-Tutahaco (YTM-524) moored at Ormond-by-the-Sea, FL, date unknown Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret.
    Tutahaco 246k
    Tutahaco (YTB-524 / YTM-524)
    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 November 2015