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YTL-423
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 YT-423


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Bravo - November
 NBBN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
422 Class District Harbor Tug, Small:
  • Built by Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Everett, WA (YN 27)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Redesignated District Harbor Tug, Small YTL-426, 15 May 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service, 02 September 1944
  • Towed by Buckeye (AN-13) from Seattle to Pearl Harbor, 16 September - October 1944
  • Towed from Eniwetok to Guam, November 1944
  • Served at Guam and Tinian, December 1944 - July 1945
  • Assigned to Okinawa by August 1945
  • Gronded in typhoon at Chimu Wan, 16 September 1945
  • Refloated, 24 October 1945
  • Placed in reserve, out of service in Twelfth Naval District, October 1946
  • Reactivated for service, March 1950
  • Struck from Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, August 1972
    Specifications:
    Displacement 70 tons (lt) 80 tons (fl)
    Length 66' 2"
    Beam 17'
    Draft 4' 11"
    Speed unknown
    Complement 4
    Armament none
    Propulsion Diesel, single screw, 300shp
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    YTL-423 411k Post-typhoon wreckage north of ammunition pier, Chimu Wan, Okinawa, September-October 1945. Tugs YTL-423 (left) and Jackson aground on beach.
    Enclosure (D-11d), ComServRon 12 War Diary, October 1945.    		 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history available for YTL-423 at NavSource
    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 23 May 2019