Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

YTM-721

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 1310)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Completed for Defense Plant Corporation as DPC 22 (ON 244304), October 1943
  • Placed in service as YTM-721, late 1944
  • Assigned to Twelfth Naval District, primarily at Oakland
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) as WSA 3
  • Later to MARAD as TD 61, used as tug for Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
  • Sold and redocumented as Capt. Jack (ON 577873), 1976
  • Sold and renamed Delta Jessica, 1994
  • To Mexican flag, 2000s
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    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
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Monongahela 87k YTM-721 along with several smaller tugs assisting Monongahela (AO-42) into or out of her berth, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo         		Ernest "Pops" Schram WT2/c USS Monongahela
    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

    Back to the Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Yard and District Craft Photo Index Back To The District Harbor Tug (Medium) (YTM) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page was created by Gary P. Priolo and is maintained by David L. Wright
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History
    Last Updated 29 July 2019