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YTL-552

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

422 Class District Harbor Tug, Small:

Built at Everett Pacific Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Everett, WA

Laid down, date unknown

Launched, date unknown

Delivered and placed in service as District Harbor Tug (Small) YTL-552, 28 July 1945

Transported from Seattle to Pearl Harbor as deck cargo aboard LST-341, 12-22 August 1945

Towed from Pearl to Eniwetok by ATA-209 with YF-730 and YF-740, 02-20 September 1945

Run aground in Typhoon Louise near Baten Ko, Okinawa, 17 October 1945

Pulled off by ATA-185, 19 October 1945

Alongside Aristaeus (ARB-1) for repairs, 21 October - 05 November 1945

Departed for Shanghai with YTL-618 and YTB-386, 03 January 1946

Abandoned in heavy seas en route Okinawa to Shanghai while in tow of ATA-186, 03 January 1946

Found by British Naval Unit adrift "in excellent condition" and towed to Hong Kong, 23 February 1946

ComServRon TEN requested CTF-74 deliver YTL-552 for duty with South China Service Group (CTU 70.2.6) at Hong Kong, 02 March 1946

Reported "excess to postwar requirements" at Hong Kong, 29 March 1946

To Foreign Liquid Diposition Commission (FLC) for disposal, June 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown (presumably sold for commercial service in Far East)

Specifications:
Displacement 66 t.(lt) 70 t.(fl)
Length 66' 2"
Beam 17'
Draft 4' 11"
Speed unknown
Complement 4
Armament unknown

Propulsion

one Hoover Owens Rentschler Co. 68 S.A. Diesel engine

single propeller 300shp

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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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