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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Eufaula (YTB-800)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Lima - Golf - Lima NLGL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Natick Class District Harbor Tug:

Laid down, 5 August 1968 by the Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, LA.

Launched, 22 February 1969

Delivered, 3 July 1969, and placed in service as Eufaula (YTB-800) in the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA.

Reallocated, date unknown, to Naval Station Rota, Spain

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 7 December 1992

Specifications:
Displacement 291 t.(lt) 356 t.(fl)
Length 109'
Beam 31'
Draft 14'
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 12
Armament none
Propulsion diesel, single screw

Size	Image Description	Source
287k	Eufaula (YTB-800) underway at Naval Station Norfolk. The submarine tender *USS Emory S. Land* (AS-39) and the Spruance-class destroyer USS Peterson (DD-969)** are moored in the background, 22 June 1985. DVIC photo # DN-ST-86-00438 June 22 1985, a US Navy photo by Don S. Montgomery now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Robert M. Cieri
1670k	Eufaula (YTB-800) plunges through the swells while being towed by the salvage ship *USS Hoist* (ARS-40), 1 April 1992. Eufaula** was being towed from Naval Station, Rota, Spain, to the port of Algeciras, Spain, where she will be loaded aboard a heavy lift ship for transport back to the United States DVIC photo # DN-SC-92-08597, a US Navy photo, by Andrew Felichko PH3 USN, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Defense Visual Information Center
1505k	Eufaula (YTB-800) plunges through the swells while being towed by the salvage ship *USS Hoist* (ARS-40), 1 April 1992. Eufaula** was being towed from Naval Station, Rota, Spain, to the port of Algeciras, Spain, where she will be loaded aboard a heavy lift ship for transport back to the United States DVIC photo # DN-SC-92-08598 , a US Navy photo, by Andrew Felichko PH3 USN, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Defense Visual Information Center
1694k	Eufaula (YTB-800) plunges through the swells while being towed by the salvage ship *USS Hoist* (ARS-40), 1 April 1992. Eufaula** was being towed from Naval Station, Rota, Spain, to the port of Algeciras, Spain, where she will be loaded aboard a heavy lift ship for transport back to the United States DVIC photo # DN-SC-92-08599 , a US Navy photo, by Andrew Felichko PH3 USN, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Defense Visual Information Center
816k	Eufaula (YTB-800) plunges through the swells while being towed by the salvage ship *USS Hoist* (ARS-40), 1 March 1992. Eufaula** was being towed from Naval Station, Rota, Spain, to the port of Algeciras, Spain, where she will be loaded aboard a heavy lift ship for transport back to the United States DVIC photo # DN-ST-92-07161 , a US Navy photo, by Andrew Felichko PH3 USN, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Defense Visual Information Center
677k	Eufaula (YTB-800) plunges through the swells while being towed by the salvage ship *USS Hoist* (ARS-40), 1 March 1992. Eufaula** was being towed from Naval Station, Rota, Spain, to the port of Algeciras, Spain, where she will be loaded aboard a heavy lift ship for transport back to the United States DVIC photo # DN-ST-92-07162 , a US Navy photo, by Andrew Felichko PH3 USN, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Defense Visual Information Center
1832k	Eufaula (YTB-800) is moved into position over the submerged deck of the Dutch heavy lift ship *Mighty Servant I* at Algeciras, Spain. *Eufaula, two other tugs and a mine countermeasures ship are being loaded aboard the Mighty Servant I* for transport back to the United States. DVIC photo # DN-SC-92-08588 , a US Navy photo, by Andrew Felichko PH3 USN, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Bill Gonyo
1616k	Eufaula (YTB-800) is being positioned over the submerged deck of the Dutch heavy lift ship *Mighty Servant I, at Algeciras, Spain, 1 April 1992, by another tug. Three large harbor tugs and a mine countermeasures ship are being loaded aboard the Might Servant I* for transport back to the United States. DVIC photo # DN-SC-92-08590 , a US Navy photo, by Andrew Felichko PH3 USN, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Defense Visual Information Center
1903k	Eufaula (YTB-800) foreground, and Tonkawa (YTB-786) are being, positioned over the submerged deck of the Dutch heavy lift ship *Mighty Servant I, at Algeciras, Spain, 1 April 1992. Three large harbor tugs and a mine countermeasures ship are being loaded aboard the Might Servant Ifor transport back to the United States. DVIC photo # DN-SC-92-08595*, a US Navy photo, by Andrew Felichko PH3 USN, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Defense Visual Information Center
1796k	After being positioned over the submerged deck of the Dutch heavy lift ship *Mighty Servant I* at Algeciras, Spain, 1 April 1992, Eufaula (YTB-800) and Tonkawa (YTB-786), and the mine countermeasures ship *USS Guardian* (MCM-5) wait to be raised out of the water. The Mighty Servant I will transport the tugs and the Guardian** back to the United States. DVIC photo # DN-SC-92-08601 , a US Navy photo, by Andrew Felichko PH3 USN, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Defense Visual Information Center