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Mandan (YTB-794)

International Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Citation
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Natick Class District Harbor Tug:

Laid down, 11 December 1967, at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.

Launched, 30 April 1968

Delivered to the Navy in 15 October 1968 and placed in service as Mandan (YTB-794) and assigned to Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I.

During the Vietnam War Mandan was reassigned to NSA Danang, South Vietnam and participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
Tet/69 Counteroffensive

Reassigned to Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I., circa May 1970

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 5 January 2001

Final Disposition, disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 27 April 2003

Mandan (YTB-794) earned at least three campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 286 t.(lt) 346 t.(fl)
Length 109'
Beam 31'
Draft 14'
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 12
Armament unknown
Propulsion diesel, single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	57k	Mandan (YTB-794) moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.	Stan Svec
	222k	Images of Mandan (YTB-794) while attached to NSA Danang, South Vietnam, 1969-70.	John Grinvalds EM3 Mandan
	113k	Mandan (YTB-794) underway with a barge in South Vietnam, circa 1968 to 1970.	Photo ©Jack Coker
	80k	Mandan (YTB-794) underway, date and location unknown.	Courtesy, Paul Smith, US Navy Harbor Tug Boats web site
DNSC8511123	86k	Mandan (YTB-794) and other, unidentified tugs assist the aircraft carrier *USS Coral Sea* (CV-43)** as she arrives at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I., from her deployment in the Arabian Sea, 9 May 1980. Air Wing is Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14. DVIC photo # DNSC8511123, a US Navy photo by PH3 Joseph Gallegos now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center and US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum photo # 1996.488.120.089, Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.	Mike Green
1996.488.120.089	119k		Mike Green
	83k	Mandan (YTB-794) and Tamaqua (YTB-797) assist the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier *USS Carl Vinson* (CVN-70)** into Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I., 24 December 1984. DVIC photo # DNSC8512193 by PH3 D.C. O`Sullivan, USN	Defense Visual Information Center
	71k	Mandan (YTB-794), Wauwatosa (YTB-775) and Tamaqua (YTB-797) assist the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier *USS Carl Vinson* (CVN-70)** into Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I., 1 October 1986. DVIC photo # DNST8701936 by PHCS Ron Bayles, USN.	Defense Visual Information Center
	83k	Mandan (YTB-794), Wauwatosa (YTB-775) and Tamaqua (YTB-797) assist the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier *USS Carl Vinson* (CVN-70)** into Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I., 1 October 1986 DVIC photo # DNSN8701938 by PHCS Ron Bayles, USN.	Defense Visual Information Center
	63k	Starboard broadside view of Mandan (YTB-794) underway in the harbor at Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I., 8 December 1990 DVIC photo # DNST9102903 by PH3 Andrew. C. Heuer, USN,	Defense Visual Information Center
	76k	From right to left Nashua (YTB-774), Wauwatosa (YTB-775), Mandan (YTB-794), Tamaqua (YTB-797) and an unidentified tug use hoses to rinse off the four inches of volcanic ash that fell on the boats at Alava Pier Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I., 17 June 1991, following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. DVIC photos # DNST9201420 by PH2 Patrick Muscutt, USN.	Defense Visual Information Center
	63k	Mandan (YTB-794) assists the guided missile cruiser *USS England* (CG-22)** away from the pier as the cruiser departs Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I. for the last time prior to the U.S. military withdrawal., 3 April 1992. DVIC photo # DNST9207046 by JO2 Roger Dutcher	Defense Visual Information Center
	81k	Mandan (YTB-794) returns to base as the guided missile cruiser *USS England* (CG-22)** departs Naval Station Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I. for the last time prior to the U.S. military withdrawal., 3 April 1992. DVIC photo # DNST9207045 by JO2 Roger Dutcher	Defense Visual Information Center
	108k	Mandan (YTB-794) is nested with another YTB in the background moored at the service craft boat pool pier, Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I., 1 January 1993. Opelika (YTB-798) is the tug in the foreground. DVIC photo # DNST9301076	Defense Visual Information Center