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YTB-42
ex-YT-42
ex-Penobscot (SP 982)


Tug Boat: Built in 1904 as Luckenbach No. 5 by the Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; Acquired by the Navy 29 August 1917 and placed in service as Penobscot (SP 982) the same day; Reclassified as a Harbor Tug, YT-42 in 1920; Reclassified as a Large Harbor Tug, YTB-42 in May 1944; Placed out of service 29 October 1945 at New York; Struck from the Navy list 17 April 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 31 January 1947.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 415 t.; Length 121' 6"; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 11' 2"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 38; Armament one 3".


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