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Navigator (YTB-39)



Call sign:
November - Echo - Charlie - Delta

ex-YT-39
ex-SP-2225


Tug: Built in 1898 by J. H. Dialogue and Sons, Camden, NJ; Acquired by the Navy 20 August 1918; Placed in service as Navigator (SP 2225); Reclassified as a Harbor Tug, YT-39, 17 July 1920; Reclassified as a Large Harbor Tug, YTB-39, 15 May 1944; Placed out of service 14 October 1946 at Mare Island, CA; Struck from the Naval list 30 December 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission 8 August 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 470 t.; Length 139'; Beam 26'; Draft 13' 9"; Speed 12 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament two 6-pounders.


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Navigator 153k 7 February 1920
Mare Island, CA
Darryl Baker

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