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Itara (YTM-391)
ex
 Itara (YTB-391) (1944 - 1962)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - India - Alpha
 NZIA
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:
  • Laid down as YT-391, 2 August 1944, at Consolidated Shipbuilding Co., Morris Heights, N.Y.
  • Redesignated Harbor Tug, Large YTB-391, 15 May 1944
  • Launched, 9 November 1944
  • Delivered to the Navy in December 1944
  • Placed in service as Itara (YTB-391), allocated to the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA.
  • Placed out of service in March 1946 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Withdrawn from Reserve and reactivated in December 1950 allocated to the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, VA.
  • Reclassified District Harbor Tug, Medium YTM-391 1 February 1962
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 March 1982 and laid up at NAVSEA inactive ship management office, Portsmouth, VA, maintenance category X
  • Final Disposition, sold, date unknown, to Michael Zapetis Tugs, Renamed Eagle
    Specifications:
    Displacement 237 t.
    Length 100'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 9' 7"
    Speed 12 kts
    Complement 10
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion Diesel, single propeller, 1,200shp
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    Itara (YTB-391)
    Itara 227k Itara (YTB-391) underway, at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1953.    		 Stan Svec
    Itara 70k Itara (YTB-391) alongside USS Missouri (BB-63) as the battleship arrives at the Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, VA., from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with President Harry S. Truman and his party on board, 19 September 1947. Missouri is manning the rails in his honor.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-387418, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Itara (YTM-391)
    Itara 95k Itara (YTM-391) assisting USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) into/out of her berth at NOB Norfolk, VA., 10 August 1964. (Cropped 140975802) ©Richard Leonhardt
    Paducah 90k Itara (YTM-391) and Paducah (YTB-758) assisting USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) into/out of her berth at NOB Norfolk, VA., 10 August 1964. Barney (DDG-6) is underway in the background. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Itara 88k Itara (YTM-391) moored at the tug piers at NOB Norfolk, VA., circa 1980s. Note USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) in the background.
    Photo courtesy Franz Von Riedel contributed to US Navy Harbor Tug Boats web site.    		 Robert Hurst
    Commercial Service
    Itara 123k Ex-Itara (YTM-391) in commercial service as the tug Eagle moored, date and location unknown.
    Photo by Franz Von Riedel, courtesy US Navy Harbor Tug Boats web site.    		 Robert Hurst
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    Itara (YTB-391 / YTM-391)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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