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Pushmataha (YTB-830)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Echo - Whiskey NBEW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Natick Class District Harbor Tug:

Built by Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI

Laid down, 13 December 1973

Launched, 31 June 1974

Delivered to the Navy and placed in service as Pushmataha (YTB-830), 14 October 1974

Pushmataha saw service in the San Francisco Bay area

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 02 October 1995

Final Disposition, disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 13 September 1995

Specifications:
Displacement 286 tons(lt) 346 tons(fl)
Length 100'
Beam 29'
Draft 14'
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 12
Armament unknown
Propulsion Diesel, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	930k	Pushmataha (YTB-830) arrives for duty at Mare Island, 16 October 1974. Capt. L. S. Smith, Commanding Officer of Mare Island Support Activity, and craft master BMC Milton Pittman are seen aboard the tug.	Darryl Baker
	252k	Pushmataha (YTB-830) and Skenandoa (YTB-835) assist the decommissioned nuclear powered submarine *USS Nautilus* (SSN-571)** into her berth as she arrives at Mare Island, 4 June 1979.	Darryl Baker
	95k	Pushmataha (YTB-830) moored Alameda-Oakland Estuary at an Alameda Boat Yard for minor repairs in June 1980.	Photo by Robert M. Cieri
	135k	Pushmataha (YTB-830) assisting *USS Shasta* (AE-33)** as she leaves Mare Island Naval Shipyard in 1982. US Navy photo.	Darryl Baker
	65k	Pushmataha (YTB-830) underway in San Francisco Bay during the opening day of Fleet Week, 13 October 1983.	Photo by Robert M. Cieri
DN-ST-85-08393	594k	The nuclear-powered attack submarine ex-*USS Nautilus* (SSN-571)** being towed by Pushmataha (YTB-830), left, and Skenandoa (YTB-835). The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is visible ahead. Defense Imagery photo # DN-ST-85-08393 (28 May 1985) Defense Imagery photo # DN-ST-85-08392 (28 May 1985) and Defense Imagery photo # DN-ST-85-08387 )28 May 1985) US Navy photos by PHC John Kristoffersen now in the collections of the Defense Imagery web site.	Robert M. Cieri
DN-ST-85-08392	258k
DN-ST-85-08387	252k
	66k	Pushmataha (YTB-830) nudging the battleship *USS New Jersey* (BB-62) to Piers 30-32 at San Francisco, CA., 14 August 1985. New Jersey** was in San Francisco Bay to participate in the Peace in the Pacific celebration, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the end of the War in the Pacific.	Photo by Robert M. Cieri
	1470k	Welcoming ceremonies for *USS Dolphin* (AGSS-555)** at Mare Island in June 1985. Pushmataha (YTB-830) has joined in the ceremony. File name: AGSS 555 209129-6-85, Navy Photo, June 1985.	Darryl Baker
	366k	*USS Parche* (SSN-683)** is backing out her berth at Mare Island on 19 August 1994 with the assistance of Pushmataha (YTB-830) and Skenandoa (YTB-835). The Radiological Repair Barge *YRR-13* is seen to the far left Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 267740-8-94	Darryl Baker
	368k	*USS Parche* (SSN-683)** is backing out her berth at Mare Island on 19 August 1994 with the assistance of Pushmataha (YTB-830) and Skenandoa (YTB-835). The bow of Floating Workshop *YR-63* is seen behind *Parche* Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 267741-8-94	Darryl Baker

There is no DANFS history for Pushmataha (YTB-830) available at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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