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Chicopee (YTM-747)
ex
 US Army Large Tug LT-1966

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Chicopee Class District Harbor Tug (Medium)
  • Built by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA (YN 11647)
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to US Army as LT 1966, 1953
  • Transferred to US Navy as the District Harbor Tug (Medium) Chicopee (YTM-747), September 1964
  • Assigned to the 6th Naval District, at Charleston, SC
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 01 March 1974
  • Sold to Crosby Towboat Co., Boston, MA, as Chicopee (ON 562367), 1974
  • Sold to C and M Towing Co., New York, NY, 1989
  • Final disposition, scrapped at New Bedford, MA, 2002
    Specifications:
    Displacement 310 t.(fl)
    Length 107'
    Beam 27'
    Draft 12'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 16
    Armament none
    Propulsion Diesel, single screw
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    141174701    		 96k Chicopee (YTM-747) underway in the harbor at Newport, RI, 1970. Photo contributed to NAFTS by LCDR R. P. Brittingham LCDR USN, Ret. (BMC and Tugmaster at the time). Paul Smith US Navy Tug Boats
    Chicopee
    141174702    		 586k Chicopee (YTM-747) alongside the submarine tender USS Hunley (AS-31) as the tender returned from her first deployment to Holy Loch, Scotland, summer 1966. HMC Fred Overly, USN Ret. USS Hunley
    Chicopee
    141174703    		 550k
    Civilian Service
    Chicopee
    141174704    		 72k Chicopee, date and location unknown. Photo copyright Matt Ruscher, via tugboatinformation.com John Spivey
    There is no DANFS history for Chicopee (YTM-747) 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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