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Metinic (YFB-49)

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

Yard Ferryboat:

Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA, or US Naval Drydock, Hunters Point, CA (sources differ)

Laid down, 15 March 1944

Launched, 20 August 1944

Placed in service, 18 September 1944

Though designated a ferryboat, was built on a 66' YTL hull and appears to mostly have been used a yard tug at Hunters Point

Placed out of service, 04 September 1946

In reserve at Mare Island, 1946-47

Reclassified small boat 26639, 24 September 1947

Designation YFB-49 stricken, 28 August 1947

Used as diving boat for salvage crews at San Francisco NSY, 1947 - 1955

Sold, date unknown

Registered to Tug Valiant, Inc., San Francisco, CA, as tug Valiant (ON 270466)

Later sold to Bay Cities Transportation, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Later absorbed into Crowley Launch & Tugboat Co., San Francisco, CA

Later kept by Croley in reserve and boarded up at Alameda, CA

Sold by Crowley and went out of documentation about 1998

Last noted at Brannan Island, near Rio Vista, CA, 2017

Final disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 25 tons
Length 66' 2"
Beam 17' 0"
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none

Propulsion

disel, 400shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1435004901	86k	*Valiant* underway in Los Angeles harbor, 03 June 1977. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
1435004902	375k	*Valiant* in a somewhat derelict state at San Francisco, CA, 08 September 2001. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
1435004903	409k	*Valiant* moored in the Delta Loop area of Sacramento River Delta, 24 August 2003. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
1435004904	163k	*Valiant* moored in the Delta Loop area of Sacramento River Delta, 09 July 2017. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider

Metinic (YFB-49)
DANFS entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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