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Manistee (YTB-782)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Oscar - Delta
 NFOD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Natick Class District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI
  • Laid down, 09 August 1965
  • Launched, 20 October 1965
  • Completed, 23 November 1965
  • Delivered to the Navy, 01 February 1966
  • Placed in service as Manistee (YTB-782) at Naval Station San Diego, CA, June 1966
  • Reassigned to Naval Station Yokosuka, Japan, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 29 August 2012
  • Sold by General Services Administration (GSA), 29 July 2015
  • Registered to MSI Inc. of Seattle, renamed Bii (ON 1264877), homeported West Palm Beach, FL, 2015
  • Transferred to Panamanian flag, 2016
  • Sold to Consorcio Constructor de San Maria of Peru, kept under Panama flag, and renamed Pele (IMO 8335475), 2018
    Specifications:
    Displacement 283 tons(lt) 356 tons(fl)
    Length 109'
    Beam 31'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 knots
    Complement 12
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion diesel, single screw
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    Manistee (YTB-782)
    Manistee
    140978208    		 710k Aerial view of Manistee (YTB-782) (left), Canonchet (YTB-823) (background) and Arawak (YTM-702) (foreground) assisting USS Enterprise (CVN-65) away from the pier at San Diego, CA, 15 January 1984.
    DVIC photo # DNSC8507390 by PH1 Bennet USN.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Manistee
    140978207    		 827k Aerial view of Manistee (YTB-782) and Canonchet (YTB-823) assisting USS Enterprise (CVN-65) away from the pier at San Diego, CA, 15 January 1984. Note Constellation CV-64) in the background along with an unidentified destroyer alongside USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37).
    DVIC photo # DNSC8507390 by PH1 Bennet USN.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Manistee
    140978220    		 115k Manistee (YTB-782) underway in Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1999. Photo contributed by Todd Thom to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors. Robert Hurst
    Blue Ridge
    10011911    		 55k Manistee (YTB-782) assists USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) into her berth at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 04 April 2005, after her longest scheduled Western Pacific deployment since 11 September 2001.
    US Navy photo # 050404-N-9851B-001by PH2 John L. Beeman.    		 Navy Newsstand
    Manistee
    140978205    		 265k Manistee (YTB-782) prepares to go alongside USS Vincennes (CG-49) as the cruiser prepares to get underway from Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 08 February 2005.
    US Navy photo # 050208-N-9851B-002 by PH2 John L. Beeman.    		 Navy Newsstand
    Manistee
    140978204    		 263k Manistee (YTB-782) pulls alongside USS Vincennes (CG-49) as the cruiser prepares to get underway from Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 08 February 2005.
    US Navy photo # 050208-N-9851B-003 by PH2 John L. Beeman.    		 Navy Newsstand
    Manistee
    140978206    		 58k Manistee (YTB-782) comes alongside USS Lassen (DDG-82) to assist the destroyer into her berth at her new homeport Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 02 September 2005.
    US Navy photo # 050902N9851B003 by PH2 John L. Beeman USN.    		 Navy Newsstand
    Manistee
    140978218    		 249k Manistee (YTB-782) comes alongside USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) to assist the destroyer into her berth at her new homeport Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 13 January 2006.
    US Navy photo # 060113-N-2385R-049 by PH3 Yesenia Rosas USN.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Manistee
    140978203    		 828k EN1 Kristopher Brown and BM2 Andrew Welch haul in lines as Manistee (YTB-782) prepares to assist USS Cowpens (CG-63) in getting under way at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 23 March 2006.
    US Navy photo # 060323-N-1332Y-037 by PHAN Adam York.    		 Navy Newsstand
    Tucson
    0877033    		 393k Manistee (YTB-782) assists the USS Tucson (SSN-770) as she arrives at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 30 March 2006. Tucson departed on a six-month Western Pacific deployment from its homeport of Pearl Harbor.
    US Navy Photo # 060430-N-4649C-016 by PH2 Chantel M. Clayton.    		 Navy Newsstand
    Manistee
    140978202    		 354k Manistee (YTB-782) approaches USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) to secure tug lines at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 19 April 2006, as the destroyer prepares to depart for a scheduled underway period.
    US Navy photo 060419-N-9851B-005 by PH2 John L. Beeman.    		 Navy Newsstand
    Manistee
    140978201    		 650k Chief Boatswain’s Mate Richard Copeland assigned to Port Operations, maneuvers Manistee (YTB 782) at the bow of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) while assisting the carrier into her berth at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 25 May 2006.
    US Navy photo # 060525-N-2385R-003 by PH3 Yesenia Rosas.    		 Navy Newsstand
    Blue Ridge
    10011946    		 489k Manistee (YTB-782) and Kittanning (YTB-787) come alongside USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) as she pulls into her forward-deployed operating base at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 21 March 2007, after returning from a deployment supporting humanitarian missions and operations in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
    US Navy photo # 070321-N-5253W-001 by MCSN Gabriel S. Weber.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Manistee
    140978209    		 55k Manistee (YTB 782) at the bow of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) while assisting the carrier into her berth at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 07 May 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070507-N-9520G-001 by MC2 Nardelito Gervacio.    		 Chet Morris
    Manistee
    140978210    		 64k Manistee (YTB 782) and Kittanning (YTB-787) at the bow of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY) while assisting the carrier as she gets underway to conduct sea trials, 15 May 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070515-N-0483B-001 by MCSN Kari R. Bergman.    		 Chet Morris
    Manistee
    140978211    		 68k Manistee (YTB 782) and Kittanning (YTB-787) at the bow of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY) while assisting the carrier as she gets underway to conduct sea trials, 15 May 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070515-N-2638R-003 by MCSN Kari R. Bergman.    		 Chet Morris
    Manistee
    140978212    		 90k Manistee (YTB 782) moves away from USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY) after assisting the carrier as she gets underway to conduct carrier qualification, 15 May 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070515-N-6106R-074 by MCSN Stephen Rowe.    		 Chet Morris
    Blue Ridge
    10011932    		 51k Manistee (YTB-782) assisting USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) as she departs Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 01 June 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070601-N-2638R-005 by MCSN Bryan Reckard.    		 Chet Morris
    Manistee
    140978214    		 621k Manistee (YTB-782) and Kittanning (YTB-787) assist the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) as she pulls into Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 9 July 2007. McCampbell is the newest addition to forward-deployed forces at CFAY.
    US Navy photo # 070709-N-2638R-001 by MCSN Bryan Reckard.    		 Chet Morris
    Manistee
    140978213    		 504k Manistee (YTB-782) assists the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) as she pulls into the forward deployed operating base, Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 10 July 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070710-N-0483B-001 by MCSN Kari R. Bergman.    		 Chet Morris
    Manistee
    140978219    		 1466k Manistee (YTB-782) assists the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) as she departs Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 1 August 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070801-N-0483B-001 by MCSN Kari R. Bergman.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Manistee
    140978215    		 716k Manistee (YTB-782) and other harbor tugs assist the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD-46) as the ship enters port at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 1 September 2007, with simulated Japanese evacuees as part of a Tokyo Metropolitan Government disaster relief drill. Tortuga assisted in the drill by evacuating simulated stranded citizens from Tokyo's Kasai Kaihin Park to the ship via landing craft air cushion LCACs. This is the second year that the U.S. Navy has participated in this type of drill.
    US Navy photo # 070901-N-9520G-003 by MC2 Nardelito Gervacio.    		 Chet Morris
    Manistee
    140978215    		 1786k Manistee (YTB-782) assists the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) as she arrives at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 10 September 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070910-N-0483B-001 by MCSN Kari R. Bergman.    		 Chet Morris
    Manistee
    140978217    		 1785k Manistee (YTB-782) assists the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) away from the pier at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY), 10 September 2007. USS McCain is unit of Destroyer Squadron 15 (DESRON-15).
    US Navy photo # 070910-N-2638R-001 by MCSN Bryan Reckard.    		 Chet Morris
    Manistee
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    		 127k Manistee (YTB-782) and civilian tugs assist USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) as she departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka, 18 March 2008, for a scheduled deployment.
    US Navy photo # 080318-N-0483B-002 by MCSN Kari R. Bergman.    		 Chester Morris
    Kittanning
    140978705    		 1668k Manistee (YTB 782) and Kittanning (YTB-787) assist USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) as she departs Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan (CFAY) for the last time, 28 May 2008. Kitty Hawk, the Navy's oldest active warship and only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, will soon be relieved by the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73).
    US Navy photo # 080528-N-1251W-006 by MC3 Matthew R. White.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Manistee
    140978223    		 877k Manistee (YTB-782) pulling ahead, at Yokosuka, 28 August 2008. Photo taken by Matthew Fern. Robert Hurst
    Blue Ridge
    10011966    		 515k The commercial harbor tug Noshiro assist USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) as she returns to her berth at Fleet Activities Yokosuka after a scheduled underway period, 24 March 2009. In the foreground are the tugs Manistee (YTB-782); Massapequa (YTB-807); and Opelika (YTB-798) and in the background is USS George Washington (CVN-73) along with various yard craft.
    US Navy photo # 090324-N-9520G-113 by MC2 Nardelito Geravcio.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Manistee
    140978224    		 752k Manistee (YTB-782) heads out to work, as the ocean surveillance ship USNS Able (T-AGOS-20) gets underway after riding out Typhoon Melor at Yokosuka, 09 October 2009. Photo taken by Matthew Fern. Robert Hurst
    Blue Ridge
    10011963    		 1133k Tugs Massapequa (YTB-807) and Manistee (YTB-782) assist USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) as she departs Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka for a spring underway period, 02 March 2010. Blue Ridge will participate in bilateral exercises "Key Resolve" and "Terminal Fury".
    US Navy photo # 100302-N-2013O-002 by MC3 Charles Oki.    		 Lee Wahler
    Manistee
    140978221    		 708k The guided-missile destroyer Lassen (DDG-82) is guided out of dry-dock by tugboat Manistee (YTB-782) and pushers at Fleet Activities, Yokosuka. Lassen is in a dry-dock selected restricted availability phase.
    US Navy photo 121024-N-HI414-035 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gregory A. Harden II.    		 Dave Wright
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    Manistee
    140978222    		 754k Pele (ex-Manistee (YTB-782)) at Busan, Korea, 30 July 2018. Photo copyright Vladimir Lappino. Vladimir Lappino
    Manistee (YTB-782)
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