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Wahpeton (YTM-757)
ex
 US Army LT-2084 (1955 - 1962)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Chicopee Class District Harbor Tug (Medium)
  • Built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA (YN 231)
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army as LT-2084, March 1955
  • Acquired by the US Navy, September 1968
  • Placed in service as District Harbor Tug (Medium) Wahpeton (YTM-757)
  • Wahpeton was assigned to the 14th Naval District
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register and sold for commercial service,1974
  • Registered to Crowley Marine Services, San Francisco, CA, renamed Jodi R. (ON 562169), 1974
  • Registered to Smith Rice Derrick Company, Alameda, CA, 1970s
  • Registered to Campbell Towing Co., Wrangell, AK, renamed Lynne, 1980
  • Registered to Island Tug and Barge Company, Seattle, Wa, renamed Island Star, 2006
  • Registered to Salmon Bay Barge Line, Seattle, WA, renamed Tausen, 2015
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    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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    Wahpeton (YTM-757)
    Wahpeton 31k Wahpeton (YTM-757) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, contributed by Craig Rothhammer
    Commercial Service
    Wahpeton 41k Ex-Wahpeton (YTM-757) underway in commercial service as the tug Lynne, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, contributed by Fred Reep.    		 Robert Hurst
    Wahpeton
    141175703    		 56k As Tausen, date and location unknown. Photo copyright Capt. Russell Shrewsbury John Spivey
    Wahpeton (YTM-757)
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