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YTM-607

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
District Harbor Tug (Medium):
  • Built by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, MA (YN 1320)
  • COntract awarded, 18 December 1942
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Completed for Defense Plant Corporation as DPC 32 (ON 245401), April 1944
  • Placed in service as YTM-607, June 1944
  • Sailed for San Francisco via Panama Canal, July-August 1944
  • Assigned to Twelfth Naval District
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) as WSA 25, circa 1945
  • Registered to J. Ray McDermott & Co., New Orleans, LA, renamed Maxine McDermott, 1950
  • Sold and renamed Captain Bud, date unknown
  • Sold to Egan Marine, Lemont, IL, renamed Alice E., date unknown
  • Sold to American Marine Constructors, Benton Harbor, MI, date unknown
  • Removed from service and laid up at Benton Harbor, about 2011
  • Moved to Calumet River, Chicago, IL, circa 2015
  • Final disposition, laid up as of 2022
    Specifications:
    Displacement 146 gross tons, 99 net tons
    Length 81' 1"
    Beam 24' 0"
    Draft 9' 8"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion diesel, 700hp, single screw
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    YTM-607 98k Alice E. laid up at Chicago, circa 2021. Photo copyright Ken Bailey via gltugs.wordpress.com Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history record for YTM-721 available 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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