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Skenandoa (YTB-835)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Mike - Papa - Charlie NMPC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Natick Class District Harbor Tug:

Built by Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI

Contract awarded, 05 June 1973

Laid down, 09 September 1974

Launched, 03 April 1975

Delivered to the Navy and placed in service as Skenandoa (YTB-835), 10 June 1975

Allocated to Twelfth Naval District at San Francisco, CA

Transferred to Bremerton, WA, date unknown

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 16 March 2022

For sale by GSA at Bremerton, WA, February 2023

Sold to Pacific Defense Supply, Astoria, OR, 15 April 2023

Specifications:
Displacement 286 tons (lt) 346 tons(fl)
Length 108'
Beam 29'
Draft 14'
Speed 12 knots
Complement 12
Armament unknown
Propulsion diesel, single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	252k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) and Pushmataha (YTB-830) assist the decommissioned nuclear powered submarine *USS Nautilus* (SSN-571)** into her berth as she arrives at Mare Island, 4 June 1979.	Darryl Baker
	165k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) assisting *USS Shasta* (AE-33)** (not shown) as she leaves Mare Island Naval Shipyard in 1982. US Navy photos.	Darryl Baker
	131k		Darryl Baker
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
	163k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) assisting *USS Pollack* (SSN-603)** as she arrives off Mare Ilsand Navy Yard for inactivation, January 1988	Robert Hurst
	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
	188k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) assists *USS Parche* (SSN-683)** out of her berth as the submarine departs Mare Island, 19 August 1994. US Navy photo	Photo courtesy of navydaze.com by Michael Donegan. Photo i.d. courtesy of Darryl Baker
	207k	*USS Parche* (SSN-683)** in the Mare Island Channel departing the yard on 19 August 1994 with the assistance of Skenandoa (YTB-835).	USN photo # 267741-8-94 courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 08/10/09.
	63k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) underway off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, date unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.	Stan Svec
	709k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) stands by to assist *USS Los Angeles* (SSN-688)** as the submarine arrives at Mare Island Navy Shipyard, 6 August 1992, for overhaul and refueling. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.	Darryl Baker
	712k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) assists *USS Momsen* (DDG-92) as Sailors man the rails aboard the guided-missile destroyer as she prepares to moor at her homeport of Everett, WA, 12 October 2008. The Abraham Lincoln Strike Group, to which Momsen** is attached, is returning from a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. US Navy photo # 081012-N-1745W-009 EVERETT, Wash. (October 12, 2008), by MC3 Brandon C. Wilson.	Robert M. Cieri
	73k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) hauled out of the water and on blocks at the Boat Haven Yard, Port Townsend, WA, 19 June 2010	Photo by Robert McDonald
	281k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) assisting John C. Stennis (CVN-74) at Bremerton, WA, 08 June 2015.	Ron Reeves
	73k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) berthed at Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington, 09 August 2015	Photo by Peter M. Leenhouts
	121k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) moored at Bremerton, circa 2018. Photo from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Industry Days 2018 District Craft Program pamphlet.	Dave Wright
140983513	74k	Bow view of Skenandoa (YTB-835) awaiting sale at Bremerton, circa January 2023. Photo from GSA auction listing.	Dave Wright
140983514	72k	Stern view of Skenandoa (YTB-835) awaiting sale at Bremerton, circa January 2023. Photo from GSA auction listing.	Dave Wright
140983515	73k	View of pilothouse of Skenandoa (YTB-835), circa January 2023. Photo from GSA auction listing.	Dave Wright
140983516	92k	View of engine room of Skenandoa (YTB-835), circa January 2023. Photo from GSA auction listing.	Dave Wright
140983517	748k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) posing with her new owner, April 2023.	Floyd Holcom
140983518	434k	Skenandoa (YTB-835) in drydock after her GSA sale, May 2023.	Floyd Holcom